Here at hay festival. Founded in 1987, around the Kitchen Table in wales, the hay festival has been bringing readers, writers, and fingers together for 30 years. And it has evolved into a global celebration of literature, culture, and science. Thinkers together. Tonight, i am delighted to be speaking to Sebastian Barry. He is one of irelands finest writers. In his fiction is often rooted in stories passed down through his family. His latest novel, it days without end, is set in america in the mid 19th century. Novel, days. Iam i am delighted to be hit today to talk to Sebastian Barry, who, lets be honest, does not need an introduction from me. He is a prolific poet, playwright, and novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize or fiction. Novelist. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize orfiction. And the winner of countless other prizes and plaudits for his nine novels and 1a players. Not bad for somebody who could not read or write until he was nine. So, Sebastian Barry, given
Casts, is enormous, but how do you maintain that once it moves on to the next city . How do you keep the good times going . That is future planning and the legacy programme. We have spent over a year not planning for this year but beyond 2021, because we are City Of Culture for four years, but we are determined never to look back, to look forward and look at opportunities, and we are going to do that and that is what you need to do. You certainly need the public behind you. We had 80 of the public when asked by the judges that they knew about the City Of Culture and that they wanted that title. Tomorrow we will have the first of the regular bbc News Channel Programme beaching the highlights of the year as britains City Of Culture. That at 8 30pm on friday and across the weekend. The top stories. Us Attorney General, Jeff Sessions is to respond to calls for his resignation over undisclosed meetings with the Russian Ambassador. Well bring you that News Conference live from 9. The Police
As Leader Of The Labour Party which is entitled to. This is probably a clerical error. How much does he get . £40,000, and that should be declared. No one is suggesting he is dodging anything, but this is a political case of shooting yourself in the foot. It was a stunt too embarrassed the government but instead it has embarrassed him. People Sayjeremy Corbyn is always attacked by the media, and maybe they have a good point, but when they have a good point, but when they said that he has not declared his own income properly in this tax return, that is outrageous. It is notjust a piece of paper where he has missed something off, this is his actual tax return. 0h right, has missed something off, this is his actualtax return. 0h right, we get into trouble if we do that. Exactly. He has been taxed at source for that money and he did take it, but he did not put that on his declaration. That is an oversight, but someone should have checked his tax return before it went out. There has been i
As Leader Of The Labour Party which is entitled to. This is probably a clerical error. How much does he get . £40,000, and that should be declared. No one is suggesting he is dodging anything, but this is a political case of shooting yourself in the foot. It was a stunt too embarrassed the government but instead it has embarrassed him. People Sayjeremy Corbyn is always attacked by the media, and maybe they have a good point, but when they have a good point, but when they said that he has not declared his own income properly in this tax return, that is outrageous. It is notjust a piece of paper where he has missed something off, this is his actual tax return. 0h right, has missed something off, this is his actualtax return. 0h right, we get into trouble if we do that. Exactly. He has been taxed at source for that money and he did take it, but he did not put that on his declaration. That is an oversight, but someone should have checked his tax return before it went out. There has been i
Please please please please please explain. To me. This is d w news live from berlin do you want issues that urgent new warning on Climate Change it says we must act now to prevent disasters that will occur if Global Temperatures rise much further its called the next few years probably the most important in human history. Also coming up for by politicians i are both sonata has won the first round of brazils president ial election he will face a left wing candidate for not doha dodd in the runoff in three weeks time a dog has warned of voters that pose an otto is a threat to democracy and u. S. Backed kurdish troops step up the battle to expel the socalled Islamic State from a stronghold in Eastern Syria these troops are preparing for their last charge here in Syria Against right as if they would within the next weeks is going to be a Turning Point for them thats why theyre preparing every day. D. W. Is embedded with the n. T. I. As a coalition and reports from the frontline plus china