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. margaret atwood. 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 4 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 life. thank you very much. happy to be he
was decided by a single goal. georgia stanway scoring from a twice taken penalty in the 29th minute. her first effort was saved, but var ordered it to be retaken as the keeper had moved off her line, but she made no mistake the second time. earlier i spoke to our sports reporter jane dougall who is in brisbane. many of the players said, a when is a win. that is all they were looking for, but it was not the best performance. a4,000 fans here and they were not treated to the best performance they had ever seen. from the euros winners, so maybe a bit more was expected of them against a side like haiti who were making their debut at the world cup. you would not have known it because they really tested england but around 20 minutes in they had their first shout for a penalty. it was turned down but moments later they had a second shout. handball in the box. georgia stanway was handed the ball and she took the strike and the goalkeeper did really well to get to it. the haitian goal
but var ordered it to be retaken as the keeper had moved off her line, but she made no mistake the second time. earlier i spoke to our sports reporter jane dougall who is in brisbane. many of the players said, a win is a win. that is all they were looking for, but it was not the best performance. a4,000 fans here and they were not treated to the best performance they had ever seen. from the euros winners, so maybe a bit more was expected of them against a side like haiti who were making their debut at the world cup. you would not have known it because they really tested england but around 20 minutes in they had their first shout for a penalty. it was turned down but moments later they had a second shout. handball in the box. georgia stanway was handed the ball and she took the strike and the goalkeeper did really well to get to it. the haitian goalkeeper made the save and her team mates ran to her to congratulate her, because to make a save in the first world cup match for ha
bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where the first shipment of grain since the russian invasion of ukraine in february has left the southern port of odesa. the ship, the razoni, has left ukrainian waters and is making its way south on the black sea, carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn. it will be inspected off the coast of istanbul by un organised co ordinators who are managing the movement of vessels out of ukraine. then it will make its way out of the bosphorous strait and through the mediterranean, finally arriving in the port of tripoli in northern lebanon, in about a week s time. the shipment is part of efforts to ease a growing global food crisis. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from 0desa. a familiar yet unfamiliar sight. for the first time in a l
checks on borrowers, particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report by the regulator is published this morning. i will have more on that a little later. in sport: england are into the semi finals of the european championships. jodie taylor scored the winner, as the lionesses beat france 1 0. and carol has the weather. good morning. today s the day of sunshine and showers, especially in central and northern areas. they will be fewer and further between them were yesterday. that leads us into a showery start to the week. good morning. first, our main story: thousands of extra mental health workers are to be recruited by the nhs in england. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra one million people by 2021. the royal college of nursing has questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such a short space of time. here is more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. ministers in england have already acknowledged the treatmen