Its my pleasure to welcome today a professor Gregory Irwin of the revolution through world war ii. Its one of the great advantages of being in philadelphia that we can be close neighbors to professor irwin, whose work on the british army ands the American Revolution is extensive and nuanced and always inspiring of our exhibits and publications. In the development of our core exhibition, professor irwin played a crucial role in the display of the story of enslaved runaways weighing the promise of the proclamation announced by general clinton in 17 which offered somewhat vaguely protection and freedom of run aways who made their way to the british lines through consultation with a number of historians particularly of American History in this period. It became a really imperative that we do two very challenging, often seemingly contradictory things with showing and people facing this question of whether to trust the british on this promise. One was to demonstrate their agency to capture t
Proclaims this has it all, love, death, and psychodrama. It goes on to describe the life story of richard st. George, the exhibitions starring figure, a wealthy irishman who finds himself on the wrong side of two revolutions in america and ireland, as part dickens with a spritz of yankee doodle. There is no doubt that richard st. Georges story is a cracking good tale, but the story reveals so much more than love my death, and psychodrama. In st. George, we see the complex entanglements of social, cultural, political identities of the time and the connectedness of the American Revolution. In st. George, we find a story of the age of revolution and a story of today, of who we are and how we got here, and what the past means to us as a people or as nations. But in st. George, we also find a detective story. A decades long mystery that started with two relatively obscure paintings, and a mystery that ended with this deal for and moving exhibition featuring 22 works of art depicting or comm
Athletics anti doping officials have launched an investigation into what iaaf president lord coe called serious allegations about World Champion sprinter Justin Gatlins coach and an agent. Weve looked at benefits of singing together. Hopefully louder than that. Now theres a chance to join in. This morning, were linking up choirs for a live uk wide sing along. Keep watching for details of how you can get involved. And matt has the weather. You need to know that details of fog around. Frost as well. Mostly a dry day. A day of massive temperature contrast. Good morning. First, our main story. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen.
Market. Good morning. The english Wine Industry has grown by nearly 20 in the last year so im at this vineyard in kent looking at whats been behind that sparkling performance. Millions of us already know how beautiful the Lake District is, now the rest of the world does too. We are live there this morning as the United Nations gives it World Heritage data is. Im at wimbledon where a place in the quarter finals is on offer for britains best. Andy murray and Johanna Konta are both in action today and both looking to get into the last eight here at the all england club. Weather wise, were looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, a 30 chance of showers through the afternoon. For the uk as a whole, sunshine and showers but some of the showers will be heavy and thundery in east anglia and the south east. More later in the programme. Good morning. First, our main story. The case of the terminally ill 11 month old boy, charlie gard, returns to the High Court Today, as judges consider new
And andy murray and Johanna Konta both bid for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later, as manic monday sees all remaining 32 singles players in action. And coming up in the sport on bbc news andy murray will be figting for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later as manic monday sees all remaining 32 players in action. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the next hour, the parents of charlie gard will return to the high court, as fresh medical evidence will be heard about their terminally ill son, who is being cared for at great ormond street hospital. An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing could be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life support systems. But judges will evaluate new data about an experimental treatment the pa rents an experimental treatment the Pa Re Nts Wa Nt An Experimental Treatment the parents want their 11 month year old is sum to receive. Our correspondent Daniel