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cheering and applause. her stories often centre on oppression and brutality. most famously, her 1985 novel, the handmaids tale, a dystopian vision of america, in which women are enslaved, now an emmy award—winning television series. theres an eye in your house. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio a 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....

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 feel just like new. # plink—plink, plink—plink. laughter. i want to make sure the mics are recording us. margaret atwood, welcome to this cultural life. thank you very much. happy to be here. on this pr...

happy to be here. on this programme, i ask my guests to choose the most significant influences and experiences that have shaped their own creativity, and your first choice is your parents. yes. tell me about your parents. well, first of all, they, um, were very innovative and able to improvise, because, of course, if you live in the woods and there arent any shops, you have to be, and they were both very outdoorsy. but they also allowed us to make messes in our rooms and didnt make us ...

Society offers. Obviously education was free, there was a lot of community parties that brought the community together. I was very restless as a kid and it was in the 80s where the Breakdancing Movement started in cuba and everything, so i was into breakdancing, obviously, later on in my family, my mother started to have some problems and then i started to experience some problems with my father being injail and things like that, but i felt the most part it was a very very good time for cuba. An...

officially challenge donald trump for the g.o.p. presidential nomination. >> i think florida and iowa are a source of hope. ♪ ♪ >> norah: the air national guardsman accused of leaking government secrets was previously caught searching for classified documents. but was not removed from his position. ♪ ♪ >> thousands have been forced out of their homes after heavy rains caused catastrophic flooding in northern italy. ♪ ♪ >> norah: how a recovery program tackles addiction and ...

rolling. ♪ ♪ >> florida governor ron desantis is apparently ready to end the speculation and officially challenged donald trump for the g.o.p. psidelomioowaoue hope. ♪ ♪ >> norah: the air national guardsman accused of leaking government secrets was previously caught searching for classified documents. but was not removed from his position. ♪ ♪ >> thousands have been forced out of their homes after heavy rains caused catastrophic flooding in northern italy. ♪ ♪ >> norah:...

there was a hunt for him for two days, finally turned himself in to authorities in florida, the events took place on tuesday in gastonia outside charlotte. some children were playing basketball. charges are eminent and the biden administration has been mishandling this case. >> my client wrestled with whether or not to come forward. he had a lot of sleepless nights about coming toward with that he could not live -- >> his clients seek to provide details that contradict sworn testimony ...

terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp leadership race close at midday with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statemen...

as the fighting continues with no end yet in sight, well assess the impact this conflict has had on ukraine and russia. vladimir putin called it his special military operation. it was only supposed to last a few days, a few weeks, maximum, but it didnt go out all according to plan. and the other stories here this lunchtime... a fourth man is arrested following the attempted murder of police inspectorjohn caldwell in omagh in northern ireland. junior doctors in england will take strike ...

invasion of ukraine, which took place exactly a year ago. the motion, which calls for the withdrawal of troops from ukraine and a halt to fighting, was backed by 1m nations with 32 abstaining and seven, including russia, voting against. lets speak now to our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, in kyiv. james, the russians thought this would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be a short invasion and kyiv would be on their hands by now. he we are, ...