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Hello. Imjohn wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 Podcast Series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. He became the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of g...

Lopetegui thought he knew what position he was in and actually, they were in different positions and they were in different positions and they just decided they were in different positions and theyjust decided that its best to part ways now rather than struggle on for the first few weeks of the season. Its particularly bizarre that a manager has prepared a team in pre season but wont then take them into the start of that campaign. What was the nature of the disagreements youve been detailing . B...

Doctors will leave the nhs to work abroad, in countries including australia and new zealand. Our Health Reporterjim reed has been looking into this. Weve been trying to answer that question, whether weve been seeing a large exodus, as is being feared, of nhs doctors going overseas. Lets begin by looking at the bigger picture. This graph is showing as the proportion of uk nhs doctors that arejoining and the proportion of uk nhs doctors that are joining and leaving the proportion of uk nhs doctors...

I could come up with a date predicting when you would die. Well, thanks, but maybe the way that the years play out isnt inevitable. So, how about the idea of being able to increase our health span live the better years of our lives for longer, feel like were a0 at 60 . There is 15 17 years of healthy life that is up for grabs for all of us. We head to california to meet the scientists and founders who want to make it a reality. Ageing by itself is the largest risk factor for every single disease...

Chief constable has apologised to officers, saying this is unacceptable. Chris page has the story. Police officers everywhere face risks when doing theirjobs. But, in this part of the uk, the dangers are particularly stark, given the Terrorism Threat is a daily reality. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is now dealing with whats thought to be the most serious data breach in its history. So what was within that data was the surname, the initial, the rank or grade, the location in the departm...

Since then, ive been on a mission to use social media to showjust because im blind, it doesnt mean im broken. How does a Blind Girl Play tennis . Girl organise her wardrobe . How does a blind girl ride a motorbike . She revs the engine i dont, my dad does. Im going to get off this now because its scary she screams when i first lost my sight, it felt like my world had shrunk forever, but now im embarking on a great big african adventure in kenya. With the help of my cane and a guide, ill tackle s...

After being brought ashore. The three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. According to a recent report from the International Organization for migration at least 4m refugees lost their lives due to drowning between january and march, marking the deadliest three month period since 2017. The report also reveals over the past decade, the Mediterranean Sea has claimed around 25,000 lives. These grim numbers do not fully capture the extent of the tragedy as the actual death to...

In Northern Ireland was one of the stories we are covering. The names and Work Locations of thousands of Police Officers were published online by mistake. Although no private addresses were released, the data is particularly sensitive because of Northern Ireland � s troubled past and security threats facing Police Officers. The forces Assistant Chief Constable has apologised to officers saying this is unacceptable for chris page has the story. Police officers everywhere face risks when doing t...

Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me again, stephen. Well, its a pleasure to have you back in the studio. We talked last soon after you fled from hong kong. Youve been living a life in exile for pretty much three years now. But your situation has changed recently because the chinese authorities or the hong kong authorities, i should say have put a bounty on your head of1 million hong kong dollars. What difference has that made . Well, its definitely a step up of the I...

It is now more than a decade since you wrote sapiens. It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. I just wonder whether, in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more...