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[tucci] i have driven in italy quite a bit. But i did say to one guy when i was doing a movie, i said, its very interesting, people dont really stop at stop lights that much. And he goes, no, no, no. The stop light is just a suggestion. Theres nowhere on earth quite like tuscany. The land is idyllic, the art is divine and the food is out of this world. [tucci] oh my god. It just melts in your mouth. [laughs] im stanley tucci, im fascinated by my italian heritage. So, im traveling across italy to...

yes, do you need to...? take your jacket off. 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, a...

[tucci] i have driven in italy quite a bit. but i did say to one guy when i was doing a movie, i said, "its very interesting, people dont really stop at stop lights that much." and he goes, "no, no, no. the stop light is just a suggestion." theres nowhere on earth quite like tuscany. the land is idyllic, the art is divine and the food is out of this world. [tucci] oh my god. it just melts in your mouth. [laughs] im stanley tucci, im fascinated by my italian heritage. so, im traveling a...

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 ...

Today on inside politics, What Caused The Civil War . Most would give a oneword answer. Slavery. But not nikki haley. This morning shes trying to clean it up. Plus Donald Trumps lawyers have a very busy few weeks ahead. Well tell you key dates to watch in his civil and Criminal Kriel trials. And Lauren Boebert barely won her red district last time around. Her solution, move to an even redder district. Im dana bash. Lets go hbehind the headlines and inside politics. We start in New Hampshire 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...

latter part that president zelenskyy, excuse me, did not really flip over. he wants to be in n.a.t.o. right now and of course, thats not happening. lucas tomlinson at the white house with more, lucas. >> lets go back how the week started. president zelenskyy was angry and fired off a tweet he was angry there was not much more concrete steps to join n.a.t.o. we heard president biden language without a firm date and president biden later spoke in helsinki and hinted the war could be over...

growing and major migrant crisis. cbp says it is still vigorously pursuing four migrants involved in that brutal assault on t two nypd officers. >> john: we will monitor and bring it to you live if it happens. >> treasury instructed financial institutions to search americans legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases? were they instructing them financial institutions to search americans legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases? >> i promise a thorough lo...

christian will discuss what these developments could mean for both men. rare, working weekend. the senate is in session trying to pass the far-right bill, after republicans kill that bipartisan border measure blasted by trump. new york governor, kathy hochul, joins me live to talk about what that means for the migrant crisis in her state, and about the special election to replace disgraced ex congressman george santos. and dynamic dual, my conversation with the actress that portr...

ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges�* powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply — according to the eus border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth—seeded american in the last few mom...