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but not my guest today. john cooper clarke was once dubbed �*the punk poet. all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all...

john cooper clarke was once dubbed "the punk poet". all his life, he has used words, rhythm and rhyme to find humour and truth in the chaos of everyday life. thanks to the internet, one of his poems has become a worldwide viral sensation. so, where does his word magic come from? john cooper clarke, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. its great to have you here, john. ijust read your memoir and one of the first sentences in it is this one — "all my life, all i ever wanted to be was a...

time, the risks would have been reduced. i think the scandal here is that, basically, motorways have been expanded on the cheap and safety considerations have not always been at the top of the agenda. the transport select committee said these new smart waterways allow 1600 vehicles every hour to travel, and its vital on busy days. this was vital to ease congestion, to allow people to get around faster and more easily. is there a better way to do this? ., , easily. is there a better way...

last little while we have heard that israel has proposed hosting the rival sudanese leaders for talks. so the israeli foreign ministry are just saying that any last little while, just that one sentence, a whole flurry of international efforts to get a truce. all of them have failed so far, but israel now proposing hosting rival sudanese leaders for talks, so we will keep an eye on that development. whilst we were hearing from andrew mitchell in the house of commons, we were also gettin...

to spend hour after hour queueing up desperate to get across the channel. police in northern ireland are warning that dissident republicans could try to provoke unrest over the easter weekend as events take place to mark 25 years since the good friday agreement. shes done it again. chloe kelly is the difference as england beat brazil on penalties to win the first ever womens finalissima. good morning from rspb dungeness in kent. i am looking at the huge array of wildlife and talking ab...

hands are always clucking. they get to say stupid stuff everyday and i get to say stupid everyday on purpose. take the covid lockdown. remember all the small businesses that went under and all the children scarred psychologically and emotionally because they could not socialize with each other. it broke up marriages and ruined what i had with taylor swift. never mind all that stuff because covid taught sunny hosten how to get her groceries delivered. that means it is time for -- ♪...

police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attack appears to have been carefully planned and targeted. audrey hale, a former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children all nine years old, before being shot and killed by officers. thereve already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have died at ...

fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. >> well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrast...

the northerly wind is going to come flooding southwards and for all of us by monday, it will be much colder and it looks like the colder weather will hang on into next week as well, slowly, the temperatures will be creeping up but more wet weather in the forecast as well. thanks. and thats bbc news at ten on friday the 21st of april. theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on...

that even great leaders have flaws there is none who is righteous, not one is a good book teaches, then we went through a phase we wanted someone we could relate to and likable in someone we wouldnt mind sharing a drink or a meal with, being father likable is not the same as being competent. we dont pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we dont pick an accountant they sent his or her sense of humor, we picked the person with the most talent with experie...