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ukraine and near the southern city of kherson. the city of lyman has been recaptured 2a hours after the russian president announced the annexation of four partially occupied regions. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm 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 there is no guide or preparation. my guest today is the one time...

time pop star turned church of england vicar, the reverend richard coles, whose frank account of his own grief has struck a chord with many. why did grief nearly break him? richard coles, welcome to hardtalk. britain has just lived through a rather extraordinary, momentous experience, the death of queen elizabeth, the mourning that came with it. and many people have said that the death of the queen revived very sharp memories for them of their own losses and how they felt during their own losses. you've just written a book about grief. is that true of you, too? oh, yes, very much so....

Kierkegaard says, you live your life forwards but you experience it backwards. so, at the time, it was just one thing happened after another thing. of course, there were choices being made consciously an unconsciously. in retrospect, i do see more of a pattern. i mean, the interesting is i started off as a chorister, stephen, so the chorister contained two elements which have been consistent in my life — one of them is a fascination with the church of england and the other one is commitment to music. so, those two things have been pretty consistent. you will know from, as being a bbc lifer, ...

A national celebrity. yeah. do all of these things have a thread? well, i don't know. i mean, living your life — kierkegaard says, you live your life forwards but you experience it backwards. so, at the time, it was just one thing happened after another thing. of course, there were choices being made consciously an unconsciously. in retrospect, i do see more of a pattern. i mean, the interesting is i started off as a chorister, stephen, so the chorister contained two elements which have been consistent in my life — one of them is a fascination with the church of england and the other one i...

It was socialistic. you then became a sort of thoroughly english vicar in the most english of villages, but you also became a broadcaster with the bbc, amongst others, and a bit of a national celebrity. yeah. do all of these things have a thread? well, i don't know. i mean, living your life — kierkegaard says, you live your life forwards but you experience it backwards. so, at the time, it was just one thing happened after another thing. of course, there were choices being made consciously an unconsciously. in retrospect, i do see more of a pattern. i mean, the interesting is i started off a...