Talking books at hay festival. Hay has been inviting audiences to talk, to think, to read and to reflect for 30 years. Over ten days 250,000 people will rub shoulders with some of the worlds greatest writers, thinkers and performers. All here in the beautiful surroundings of the Brecon Beacons in wales. Today im talking to the australian author tim winton, who once compared writing to surfing. Hes written 28 books for adults and children and his latest, the boy behind the curtain is about his childhood growing up in Western Australia and the impact thats had on his work. Applause now, most writers dont have a fish named after them. Most writers dont have their face on a postage stamp. But then tim winton is not most writers. He wrote his first novel, an open swimmer, when he was just 19 years old, and hes gone on to write nearly 30 more books for adults and children, all very different, but to my mind, all sharing an ear for language, and an eye for the natural landscape, and hes pulle
into the fa cup semifinal. the fa cup semifinal is pretty much always this weekend and yet there s all these rail works going on. network rail says 95% of its services will be unaffected by planned engineering work this weekend. as ever, the advice is to check yourjourney before you set off. tim muffett, bbc news. twitter s board of directors has announced the company is taking action to fend off a hostile takeover bid from the billionaire, elon musk. the firm said it had adopted a shareholder rights plan which would make it difficult for mr musk to increase his stake in twitter beyond 15%. more on that one of the stories you ve been watching a bbc news on our website. you can get in touch with me on twitter. you can watch dateline with my colleague in a moment. they with us. stay with
but on what has been the hottest day of the year so far, some rail services have been disrupted. london s euston station is closed all weekend, as is the west coast main line between london and milton keynes. now that could pose a challenge for liverpool and manchester city fans planning to travel to wembley tomorrow for their fa cup semifinal. the work has to be done at some time. adam has multiple sclerosis and has decided not to travel to the match. at the start of the season, most sensible people will have said two of the best teams in the country are liverpool and manchester city. so there was a fairly good chance that one, if not both, of those teams would get into the fa cup semifinal. the fa cup semifinal is pretty much always this weekend and yet there s all these rail works going on. network rail says 95% of its services will be unaffected by planned engineering work this weekend. as ever, the advice is to check yourjourney before you set off. tim muffett, bbc news.
fans planning to travel to wembley tomorrow for their fa cup semifinal. the work has to be done at some time. adam has multiple sclerosis and has decided not to travel to the match. at the start of the season, most sensible people will have said two of the best teams in the country are liverpool and manchester city. so there was a fairly good chance that one, if not both, of those teams would get into the fa cup semifinal. the fa cup semifinal is pretty much always this weekend and yet there s all these rail works going on. network rail says 95% of its services will be unaffected by planned engineering work this weekend. as ever, the advice is to check yourjourney before you set off. tim muffett, bbc news. christians around the world are celebrating good friday. in the vatican, in italy, pope francis has been leading the day s worship. he celebrated mass in st peter s basilica, presiding over the good friday liturgy of the lord s passion.
the work has to be done at some time. adam has multiple sclerosis and has decided not to travel to the match. at the start of the season, most sensible people will have said two of the best teams in the country are liverpool and manchester city. so there was a fairly good chance that one, if not both, of those teams would get into the fa cup semifinal. the fa cup semifinal is pretty much always this weekend and yet there s all these rail works going on. network rail says 95% of its services will be unaffected by planned engineering work this weekend. as ever, the advice is to check your journey before you set off. tim muffett, bbc news. twitter s board of directors has announced the company is taking action to fend off a hostile takeover bid from the world s richest man, elon musk. the firm said it had adopted a plan to expand shareholder rights which would make it difficult for mr musk to increase his stake in twitter beyond 15%.