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So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Ra...

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Brilliant potential referencing north korea, is it flattery that works with kim jong-un? >> flattery does work. the president is trying to entice him to come to that table and make a deal. i think this is good language in that it steps away from some of the more humiliating language that we saw from the president last week. the kind of language that the north koreans absolutely do not like, the fact is it is an extremely poor country and is in desperate need of economic help. they are proud peop...