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I sort of think of you as like oasis era. It is my era. Let's not talk about my age too much. But, yes, i did like them back in the '90s. And, of course, i mean as a political correspondent, i mean, it was probably before your time, though, tony blair in that downing street reception. Sadly, it wasn't before my time. It was just as i entered into politics on that wave of cool britannia. You can see me, can't you, cool britannia? well, you've got very cool glasses today. Right, so let's get back to the gimmick. So, keir starmer did a big speech on tuesday in the downing street garden, and we're...

But, yes, i did like them back in the '90s. And, of course, i mean as a political correspondent, i mean, it was probably before your time, though, tony blair in that downing street reception. Sadly, it wasn't before my time. It was just as i entered into politics on that wave of cool britannia. You can see me, can't you, cool britannia? well, you've got very cool glasses today. Right, so let's get back to the gimmick. So, keir starmer did so, keir starmer did a big speech on tuesday a big speech on tuesday in the downing street garden, in the downing street garden, and we're using the oasis so...

Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. But i watched the World Cup Final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world ...

Have been killed, including a mother and her ten year old daughter. Almost 70 have been injured and around a dozen are trapped under rubble. It is a familiar yet still horrifying sight where you have a residential block with a chunk missing smoldering debris and rescue teams frantically trying to save who they can. And when you have wave after wave of missile strikes, there is always a place in ukraine that is the most acute, acutely hit, and it is the turn of kiev. But alongside this, ukraine is desperately trying to seize the initiative in its counteroffensive, which is coming up to two mont...

So, this is radio drama studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric radio drama studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about...