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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...

packing up. lets begin with jacqui. >> we heard a lot from the president that we heard before. what he calls bidenomics. his economic approach rejects trickle down reaganonics of the past and builds the economy from the middle out. we heard that many times. theres heavy emphasis on his administrations investments in manufacturing, infrastructure and research and development. the need to spend that money to make the u.s. competitive with china, especially when it comes to clean energy. ...

where the sky goes on forever... where everyone must bend to the land... where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. - it was between here and those mountains that cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful, huh? - what was it like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? - oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river, cause the primary winds come from the west. and rain tends to blow ove...

might say, though, what a load of... it is not cricket. except it was cricket. its not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. if thats the case, why bother keeping the score? good luck to them, he was out, england would have done last the same. spare us the sentiment. so what do you think? i keep changing my mind on this one. did the australians play fair? thats what were discussing. and here is the news from deena campbell. thanks, nikki. a firefighter has died in france ...

the russians say the aircraft was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war and that everyone on board was killed. the un humanitarian agency in gaza says nine people have been killed after two israeli tank rounds hit a building in a training centre, in gazas main southern city of khan yunis. 800 people had taken refuge there. the us military says iranian—backed houthi rebels have fired three missiles toward an american container ship transiting the gulf of aden. one missile fell into t...

40 million americans. the high court ruled the biden administrations bailout amounted to executive overreach. the president now promising to use other means to grant student borrowers some relief as he tries to deliver on a key policy priority. meanwhile, former president trump applauded the supreme court decision while speaking at a rally in south carolina just earlier today. >> the supreme court also ruled that president biden is not allowed to wipe out hundreds of billions, probably...

the consumer electronics show. now, it takes place across the city in hotels like this and also in the massive las vegas convention center. this is where we get a taste of the tech trends to come for the new year. and over the years, we have seen it all here — autonomous cars going up and down the strip, even a flying one on the sidewalk. so whats going to be big this year? it is time to find out. the self—proclaimed most powerful tech show on earth truly is global, with companies ...

whose supporters shout racist abuse. now on bbc news, click. hello and welcome to las vegas, sin city, home to big casinos, big hotels and big entertainment. and everyjanuary, its also home to big tech because this is where ces happens, the consumer electronics show. now, it takes place across the city in hotels like this and also in the massive las vegas convention center. this is where we get a taste of the tech trends to come for the new year. and over the years, we have seen it all...

like this and also in the massive las vegas convention center. this is where we get a taste of the tech trends to come for the new year. and over the years, we have seen it all here — autonomous cars going up and down the strip, even a flying one on the sidewalk. so whats going to be big this year? it is time to find out. the self—proclaimed most powerful tech show on earth truly is global, with companies from around the world battling for attention and some splashing out to make a...