Welcome to Texas Talk.
I'm Gilbert Garcia, metro columnist with the San Antonio Express-News.
On this show, we bring you in-depth one on one conversations with some of the most fascinating figures in Texas politics, business, sports and culture.
Congressional districts don't get any more sprawling than the one represented by tonight's guest.
District 23 Covers more than 800 miles of US-Mexico border territory and stretches across 29 counties from San Antonio to El Paso. Read More...
By Nicholas BarberFeatures correspondent
BBC(Credit: BBC)It is 20 years since Mr Darcy strode sodden from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Television – and Jane Austen – have never been the same, writes Nicholas Barber.
“I was reading an article in the Radio Times the other day,” says Andrew Davies. “The journalist was asking, ‘Why have all these classic serials got to be about the male lead getting his kit off? Read More...
Narrator: In June 1921, a 51-year old bridge builder from Chicago arrived in San Francisco to deliver plans for the project of his dreams. Joseph Strauss made His living building ordinary draw bridges, but he was a relentless dreamer - a man determined to be remembered for something much bigger. Now, Strauss had conceived plans for what he considered the most daring bridge ever. His chosen site fronted the turbulent waters of the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of one of the world's great harbors. Read More...
