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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....

Which aren't particularly challenging but sort of provide a sort of comfort food for the mind for a lot of people. well, that's interesting because i mean, i think i like to deal with that stuff but actually, i'm also a bit more disruptive than that, but i try to do... i love emily dickinson, one of my favourite poets. and she said, "tell all the truths, but tell it slant. "success in circuit lies." and i'm really interested in how you talk about these ideas. talk about change, the possibilities of change in ways that are not so directly confrontational because there's no shortage of confronta...

And it is interesting to me now that one of the things you are doing, and very successfully doing, is writing the most quintessentially english crime novels, which aren't particularly challenging but sort of provide a sort of comfort food for the mind for a lot of people. well, that's interesting because i mean, i think i like to deal with that stuff but actually, i'm also a bit more disruptive than that, but i try to do... i love emily dickinson, one of my favourite poets. and she said, "tell all the truths, but tell it slant. "success in circuit lies." and i'm really interested in how you ta...

Recently in talking about the book and what it means, that you reached a point where you were tired of fighting the activist fight to change society. yeah. and it is interesting to me now that one of the things you are doing, and very successfully doing, is writing the most quintessentially english crime novels, which aren't particularly challenging but sort of provide a sort of comfort food for the mind for a lot of people. well, that's interesting because i mean, i think i like to deal with that stuff but actually, i'm also a bit more disruptive than that, but i try to do... i love emily dic...