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hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. hes known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies like life is sweet and happy—go—lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and ...

this cultural life. lets take you to the beginning. whats your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, iwas exposed to pantomime, live theatre of various thoughts, circus, the circus was a big deal, variety, live variety, descendants of the music hall, including at the age of nine a trip to the ardwick hippodrome to see laurel and hardy live on stage on the famous tour, which i later realised was the famous tour, and the two important things about that were one, two extraordinary t...

with king charles will focus on climates. biden is a bigger lift of both in london and again at the nato summit in lithuania it will be justifying his decision to provide cluster bombs to ukraine which are banned by more than 120 countries. we are not signatories of that agreement. but it took me a while to be convinced to do it. the main thing is they have weapons to stop the russians now to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive to these areas. or they dont. and i think they...

>> exactly. >> all right. thank you all very much. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera reports," five big tech ceos about to facing a grilling. theyre set to focus on capitol hill in moments. are they prepared to make real change as cases of exploitation online skyrocket. house republicans move closer to something that hasnt been done in more than a century, impeaching a sitting cabinet member. do they have any real chance of ousting dhs secretary...

first, im still filling in for my friend velshi. good man, roughly one year after roe v. wade was overturned, supreme court issued another ruling that said two up and another aspect of american life. on thursday, the supreme court ruled that commissions programs at harvard and university of north carolina violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. it effectively puts an end to affirmative action, a decision that will back decades of progress and president and in fact c...

in our special coverage of the new hampshire primary will continue right now. it is round two for the republicans and the presidential nomination could all come down to what happens in the hours ahead. >> the spotlight is on historic new england and a republican race thats down to the final two. >> donald trump is telling a whole lot of lies. >> if you want a losing candidate who puts america last. vote for nikki haley. >> with a head to head fight and a big win behind him, will the ...

defied expectations, at least from the polls, but she did not made donald trump. 11 minutes after polls close tonight, nbc news projected trump would win new hampshire the primary and make it two and a row after his resounding victory in iowa just last week. here is what members looked like at this hour. it was a result that gave the biden campaign and, opening with the president saying tonight regardless of what nikki haley does from here, the general election race has begun. and yet,...

im katie porter and i approve this message. good evening from manchester, new hampshire, where tonight it looks like nikki haley might be expectations, at least from the polls, but she did not beat donald trump. 11 minutes after polls close tonight, nbc news projected trump would win new hampshire the primary and make it two and a row after his resounding victory in iowa just last week. here is what members looked like at this hour. it was a result that gave the biden campaign and, o...

might see? >> here is what we know. inside the courtroom our producer is behind me and we have two boxes. we should be getting multiple opinions today. 6 or 7 left depending how you count them. some are coupled up together. now we wait. it is the last of the term. the end of the term. we think they may add tomorrow to be the final day. we have affirmative action in higher ed., can you use race in considering applicants? a huge battle waged for decades. you have the student loan debt re...

>> russia in crisis. the weekend mutiny by russian mercenaries exposes putins vulnerability, forcing him to cut a deal with the man he had called a traitor just hours before. that man, hot dog vendor turned war lord yevgeny prigozhin was apparently allowed to flee to belarus. were going to take a deep dive into what happens next for him and his wagner group. and its becoming increasingly clear that republican voters dont care how corrupt their candidates are. donald trumps lead is ac...