Everybody im steve it is my privilege to preside over this speakers pride ceremony our program is a little bit of it introduction a little bit of things in a discussion with her three winners that is great to see a good group here and thank you all for sharing this part of the evening with us. Let me first tell you about this prize since not all of you maybe is acquainted with it as we are. This is a memory of tony lucas was fired my generation of journalists by the time we were in college and started to think about what we wanted to know and what we wanted to write. And social issues in Common Ground was one of the big books on that shelf. When tony passed a lot of experience to come together to create this prize. So that is where this prize began. It has expanded gradually to include the history prize which is named for the late mark hinton who is a Senior Executive in the netherlands for the time of his death in 1997 and a deep reader and supporter of serious history. His wife maria
With this years lukas fridays ceremony our program is a little bit of the introduction and i hope an interesting discussion with our three winners and then with more celebration to come so thanks for all of you to share this part of the evening with us first i will tell you about this prize is you may not be as acquainted with it as we are but this is a prize in memory of tony lucas who inspired my generation the first time we started to taken college what we wanted to write and our generation grew up with a narrative nonfiction searching about social issues and Common Ground so when he passed a lot of people were inspired by his life to create this prius this is where the enterprise began it has expanded gradually for the Senior Executive in the netherlands at the time of his death in the 1997 as a reporter of serious history his children established the prize as part of a the lucas fridays project and his family has generally underwritten the prize since the inception in 1998 his wif
Was a musician. He went to the Royal Academy of music in london where he was a pianist. So he was very artistic, if you like. And what i think is so clever about this painting is, yes, sure it says in a literal way with the ring and the objects around that this is what this man is about, but its the expression as well. Theres a feeling of sensitivity introspection, fragility. We need to value this intriguing object, and jackson, ken jackson although dead, was a considerable force in portrait painting in the area, and it needs to be taken seriously. Hes not that prominent. Perhaps one day he will become so. But i would comfortably value this picture at £800, 900 possibly even £1,000. But of course, its value is that its. Oh, yeah. It was never be sold. I would never sell it. No, no. These are lovely vintage clothes, but a lot of people end up taking them to a charity shop. Why did you keep them . Well, i think it was my mother who kept them, and then because i do tend to hoard things,
And a new filing on Robert Muellers russia investigation. This one involving former Trump Campaign aide rick gates. How this filing could provide clues as to where the russia probe would head next. But first we start in new zealand. At least 49 dead, roughly four dozen injured after a mass shooting took place at two mosques in the city of christchurch on friday. One man, an Australian Citizen and White Nationalist is in custody and has been charged with murder. The alleged gunman was a frequent traveller to countries in europe, asia and africa and now counterterrorism teams are looking into possible ties with terror organizations. Authorities also say he had five guns in his possession including two semiautomatics and two shotguns. This morning Jacinda Ardern told the country, our gun laws will change. As we mentioned in a News Conference with local police, set to begin around 4 30 p. M. Eastern. You see some of the video from some of the remembrances that people are putting out at thi
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