Because she kind of, like, drops off the map. She was a woman, and she was a muslim. Its an exciting time to be interested in museums and visual art, because a great shake up of art history is underway, which is why ive come to istanbul, that Mesmerising Megalopolis that straddles two continents, europe and asia. And the interplay between western and turkish art is a fundamental part of the extraordinary collection of this place, Istanbul Modern. Im in turkeys biggest city, istanbul. In many ways, the story of istanbul is the story of the Bosphorus Strait, the waterway that divides the city and has made it a key Meeting Place for centuries. The brand new home of Istanbul Modern acknowledges this with an impressive open plan ground floor that connects the city with the water. And ive been given special access to the museum as the team make final preparations ahead of its opening. Any new museum needs a gifted architect to create it. And in the italian renzo piano, Istanbul Modern has hi
bell tolls ay! baby moans baby cries speaks french baby moans phone pings # what a beautiful face i have found in this place # that is circling all round the sun # what a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen # in the blink of an eye and be gone from me # soft and sweet # let me hold it close and keep it here with me # me ee ee ee ee. # and one day we will die # and our ashes will fly. # hello there. it s been quite a mixed weather picture on friday. certainly for scotland and for northern ireland. we started on a rather grey and cloudy note. the rain that started on thursday lasted until the early part of friday morning, with accumulation of around 32 millimetres across parts of northern ireland. that s around about a third of a month s worth of rain, but from there the weather did at least get a little bit brighter. so, the weather front you can see that s across the northwest of the uk, tending to edge away through friday afternoon with brighte
because she kind of, like, drops off the map. she was a woman, and she was a muslim. it s an exciting time to be interested in museums and visual art, because a great shake up of art history is underway, which is why i ve come to istanbul, that mesmerising megalopolis that straddles two continents, europe and asia. and the interplay between western and turkish art is a fundamental part of the extraordinary collection of this place, istanbul modern. i m in turkey s biggest city, istanbul. in many ways, the story of istanbul is the story of the bosphorus strait, the waterway that divides the city and has made it a key meeting place for centuries. the brand new home of istanbul modern acknowledges this with an impressive open plan ground floor that connects the city with the water. and i ve been given special access to the museum as the team make final preparations ahead of its opening. any new museum needs a gifted architect to create it. and in the italian renzo piano, istanbu
i m beginning this week in northern france, on a journey that two and a half million people take each year. i m kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be, because it s off season, it s super cold but this bus is packed. i can see i vejust got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany, in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm hm. yeah, this is the best of medieval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michel, saint michael, in the year 708. then it took off, you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands, and then i
later in the night, again we will start to see fresher air from the ways. the other night temperatures at the lowest across eastern areas. on sunday, a showery weather picture. storms across france and eastern areas of england. the bulk moving in through the afternoon as the temperatures rise and tending to move from the south and west. temperatures lower. generally into the low 20s. i fresher field to the weather in the east. a big jetstream pattern originally central atlantic, part of an omega block pattern. these blocks do not live around very much that the weather is kind of stuck and we are underneath an upper layer of low pressure. it looks pretty unsettled. even as one area