And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis all too often in movies, britain is depicted in gent heal terms. A new film titled belle is taking a different approach to show how that wealth and elegance were paid for by the slave trade. Belle is directed by amma asante won an award for most promising newcomer for a first film in 2005. It took almost a decade for her to find another film that she wanted to make. Lets look at a scene from belle which has just opened in limited release. We are to attend london for the season. E are to finally come out elizabeth is to come out. You understand the ways of the world for a female. Elizabeth has no income. You are to meet as many gentlemen as possible. When all this is gone to her father, there will nothing be left for her. Any gentle man of good breeding would be unlikely to form a serious attachment. A man without would lower her position in society. She is not merely my cousin. She is my sister. These are
Up next former Washington Post executive editor ben bradlee appeared on booknotes in 1975 to workaround his journalism career. Mr. Bradlee died this past week at the age of 93. This program is about an hour. Cspan ben bradlee, one of the last things you tell us in your book is that you gave an anonymous gift to harvard and nothings happened. Guest well, i didnt want to have any publicity about it while i was still editor of the post. I thought that would be inappropriate. And so i yeah, i tried to thank the two influences in my life; one was kennedy and one was phil graham and the Washington Post. So i thought giving something to the Kennedy School, endowing a chair, would be appropriate, and i did and theyve been looking ever since. Cspan why has it taken so long . Guest i dont know. Cspan when you. Guest theyll find somebody. Cspan when you give an endowment to a school like the Kennedy School at harvard, how does it work . Guest well, you have first thing, you have absolutely no say
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And vital early wickets as England Press for victory full of length. A wonderful adjustment in length. In the second test at old trafford. And vital early wickets, as England Press for victory in the second test at old trafford. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Beijing has accused the uk government of brutally meddling in chinas internal affairs, as diplomatic tensions we begin with breaking news, continue to rise. In the last half an hour that early trials of a Coronavirus Vaccine, developed at Oxford University appears safe, and and provokes the foreign secretary, an immune system response, dominic raab, is expected to suspend its extradition treaty the trials, which have involved just over 1,000 people, with hong kong this afternoon after beijings imposition showed that the injection led of a controversial security law to them making antibodies in the territory. And white blood cells that can fight the virus. The uk has already ordered
Types of interventions. As tensions grow between britain and china the uk is expected to announce its suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong. The parents of a student who took her own life in 2018 are suing Bristol University in whats thought to be the first case of its kind. If you are getting in touch with us today, send me a message on twitter or on our website. Also coming up this hour. An Historic Mission to mars is under way the first attempt by the United Arab Emirates to reach the red planet. Good morning. The government has signed deals for 90 million doses of Coronavirus Vaccine developed overseas. One of them is with a partnership between the german and us pharmaceutical giants biontech and pfizer. Its vaccine produced a strong immune response in early trials. If successful, the first of 30 million doses could arrive by the end of the year. The other deal is with the french firm valneva, which wont begin trials of its jab until the autumn. That agreement is for 60