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Persuasive rather than polarising . Kwame kwei armah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you. Now, youve been in the Theatre Business as an actor, a writer and a director for the best part of three decades. Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my...

Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my humble opinion. Its used to kind of create political fear. And ourjob as artists is, i think, fundamentally to take away that fear, to take away the binaries that i think this farce of the culture wars are. You know, i often hear politicians and im not one...

presidentjose ramos—horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think its fair to say youve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor—leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then...

presidentjose ramos—horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think its fair to say youve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor—leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then...

learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos—horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think its fair to say youve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor—leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, notjust once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, ye...

are there lessons for the world to learn from his extraordinary life? presidentjose ramos—horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think its fair to say youve given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor—leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to com...

and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self—exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, its a great pleasure to have you here. youve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it — presumably a solitary occupation — is o...

and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self—exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, its a great pleasure to have you here. youve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it — presumably a solitary occupation — is o...

faced fierce opposition from environmentalists. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. finding your voice as a writer, cutting through the cacophony of noise in 21st century culture is not easy. it helps if you have a talent for writing. it also helps if you have something to say which is powerful, authentic, and confronts tough questions about the human condition. my guest, american writer and academic roxane gay, has most definitely...

Happened on saturday. At least 32 children were among 125 people who died in a crush the police have been widely criticised for using tear gas on the fans. Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Britain mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth in ways that combined the intimate and the personal with the grand and ceremonial. For most of us, of course, death and grief remain a very private affair. An irreversible, Life Altering shock when we lose someone close for which the...