now on bbc news this cultural life: margaret atwood. margaret atwood. one of the world s best selling critically acclaimed authors, she s published more than 60 books, and has won the booker prize twice. the winner of the first booker prize of the 21st century, margaret atwood. cheering and applause her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaid s tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved. now an emmy award winning television series. there s an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a programme, she reveals her formative influences and experiences. and how even in high school, her creativity was clear. i put on a home economics opera. it was about fabrics. can you remember how it goes? # fabrics need a swim in the suds # it makes them feeljust like new # plink plink, plink plink. .. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural li
for a landslide victory in an election where it ran virtually un opposed, after the main opposition party was disqualified. hello i m vishala sri pathma. greek police say 19,000 people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island of rhodes, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. it s said to be the biggest such operation greece has ever carried out. these are pictures from one village in rhodes where houses have been destroyed. three hotels have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. these are some of the latest pictures coming into the bbc newsroom you can see cars have been burnt out alongside buidings and vegetation right up to the sea. many people spent the night in temporary accomodation like this. while others waited in public buildings like halls and schools. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. the budget airline, jet
The foreign office says there are between 7,000 and 10,000 british tourists on the greek island of rhodes where wildfires have forced many people from their homes and hotels. they re being urged to take advice from tour companies about what to do, and holiday firms are sending planes to pick up those who may be stranded. some have had to sleep at the airport or in sports halls, conference centres and and even out on the street. and today there are evacuation orders in place because of spreading wildfires for parts of corfu and evia. zoe conway has the latest. the seaside resort of kiotari this morning on the south coast of rhodes. it was engulfed by fire on saturday. the flames, the smoke spread so quickly that people had to be evacuated from the beaches. we were trapped on the beach. we could see the fire. we could see the fire it was coming down. there was nowhere for us to go. the beach was a dead end, and the struggle to get on the boat, it was very, very traumatic
Get in touch and tell us what is happening with your family members, with yourself. it is a question this morning, the wildfires, what an out is happening? more to come. what on earth is happening? and here is the news. the foreign office says there are between 7000 and 10,000 british tourists on the greek island of rhodes where wildfires have forced thousands from their hotels and homes. holiday firms are sending empty planes to pick up stranded holidaymakers. the metropolitan police say the radical preacher awem police say the radical preacher anjem choudary has been charged with three terror offences, the 56 year old from east london is due to appear before westminster magistrates on charges including
Horrendous. absolutely. i ve never been so scared in my entire life. travel chaos as a number of holiday firms cancel outbound flights and holidays to rhodes. polls have now closed in spain s general election the country now awaits for the first results to see who will be the next prime minister. live from the spanish conservative party headquarters in madrid, some of their supporters are already gathering here, hoping their party will get enough votes to get back in power. the first results will come in very shortly. and australia retains the ashes after rain ensures the fourth test ends in a draw.