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Don't you get a now Elson Johm is without question on my fantasy a dinner party list and at 72 he is enjoying a Renee sauce this year alone he's been the subject of a hit film he's played 88 concerts and previewed a new Broadway musical based on the hit novel The Devil Wears Prada this week Elton John lifts the curtain on his career and indeed his private life in a new memoir simply titled me it finds the star candidly talking about his impoverished upbringing and the depths of his drug addiction in the 19 eighties and he gave a very rare interview to b.b.c. Music reporter Mark Savage who joins me right now you lucky saw Mark. Yes You know I've been doing this job a long time and I don't get nervous often but the Delton charm. In fact I was I was debating whether to ask you for asking you you know whether you were terrified when you sat down with him because he is it is a massive massive star and was he nice was he charming was he warm was he everything I wanted him to be yes you are in luck he is that person I mean you know obviously everybody knows him from the tantrums and Tiaras documentary that went out in the ninety's you know big temper massive ego screaming fans who interrupted his tennis game and dropping out of the room over and over again but actually you know I've interviewed him not a couple of times and he's very mellow very friendly he always takes a lot of time to consider the answers he's going to give you and listen to the questions properly so I think in his seventy's and he is not the kind of the terror that I was expecting when I 1st met him so there were no tantrums or tormented you remember your name Mark from previous interviews he did which is very nice of him. Because I imagine he gets interviewed quite a lot and you know I'm not I'm not at the top of the pecking order I'm not Graham Norton so it's nice of him to remember so how do you begin to prepare. For this interview I mean one of the interviews of your life really well I started by reading the book which you know we were we were there to talk about it and it's you know it's a it's a long book he goes very very deep into his life and into the problems that he's faced as well as the successes that he's had and for me the trick I think is always to not ask him to repeat the anecdotes that he's given and but to find one of those little nuggets that maybe just a throwaway line and try and find out the story behind that and so throughout the book Elton John's parents have a very significant role you know if you've seen the biopic Rocket Man you know he had a very fractious relationship with his mother in particular at his 7th at her 70th birthday sorry she she didn't invite him and invited an Elton John impersonator instead but I noticed in the 1st chapter of the book he admits that he spent his entire career trying to impress the one person he couldn't impress his father so I asked him about that Wow And what what did he say about that about his father. Well what he said was I just wanted his approval his dad never went to any of his shows he never wrote him a letter to say he was proud of him and he said you know it's a crazy thing but even I My dad's been dead for nearly 30 years and I'm still trying to get him you know that approval that seal of approval Yeah that that's bizarre is I mean Elton John he's always remained pretty private has and he's been fiercely private So all these revelations all these anecdotes the story telling you know is is going well I think it's going to be a must read I can't wait to read the book but it's astonishing how such a painfully shy boy from pinna became this this extravagant creation that is that is a. John but perhaps that creation was perhaps something that he was hiding behind in the early days well it's interesting because he said that to me he said I basically started living my teenage years in my twenty's because his upbringing had been very strict you know he was sent to the World Academy of Music every Saturday and they you know he was drilled on the piano at home he wasn't allowed to dress the way he wanted to dress his dad didn't like rock'n'roll music and so I think almost like it was a release when he changed his name from Reginald white to Elton John and he got up on the stage and he decided to wear you know yellow dungarees or those big towering feather boa hats that he used to wear it was letting all of that pent up frustration and how much did he go into detail about his drug addiction in the 1980 s. The book is really really candid about that and it paints some pretty you know distressing scenes where he is trashing hotel rooms where he wakes up not knowing where he's been he says at one point that he started to have seizures that his voice went haywire and it is it is brutally honest about it hard dark those days got and he said to me you know that one of the reasons he wanted to write this book was he has 2 young sons acarya lighter and there's a lot of you know biographies of Elton John there's a lot of newspaper columns about Elton John but there's never been the story in his own words and he said when I shuffle off this mortal coil I want them to know the truth and so he was going to tell the dark bit as well as the like but that's interesting isn't it that actually he's probably when it 1st and foremost like you say for for his 2 sons but did did he talk about the joy for him of becoming a father. Yes Not to me I didn't ask him specifically about that because I didn't want to go into personal details on on his family life but yes I mean in the book he talks about the fact that he has given up touring specifically for his 2 sons you know he sat down with his husband David Furnish they went over the school timetable for the next 10 years and David said so which bits of this do you want to be here for and he said well actually I want to be here for all of it and that is why he is not I mean in difficult and John style it's a 3 year farewell tour he's going Yeah but he is giving up touring do you think he'll put his feet up after that do you think that will be here tonight will be a farewell tour and he'll he'll enjoy a time with his his husband and also his sons. Well this I did ask him about. Made any plans for after the Terrans next December December 2020 that is but at the back of his mind he's been thinking about the big shows that Kate Bush did at Hammersmith Apollo in 2014 which was a 22 night residency it was a very theatrical show that deep into her back catalogue it kind of astute the hits in favor of playing the more personal songs and he said I really like to do that I'd like to go out and dig out those songs like a Marine and original sin ones that I don't get to play in concert every night well thank you and I thank you Marc it's been an absolute pleasure thank you so much for coming on this morning and we will be continuing our conversation with all things book where we speak to local author Lucy actions about the Booker Prize announcement last night and more about Elton John coming up after the latest on x. Which is right it's right now. Your it's time ses a true now we're keeping you in the loop with the closures along the m 40 southbound and Gary is here right now with an update. The m 40 the southbound side is closed cat yet this is after Laurie's overturned closing it between junction 11 a boundary and junction Brackley is causing some lengthy queues going towards that closure now because there's damage to the barrier that also blocked the lane on the northbound side from Junction $10.00 to $11.00 the diversion was to follow the hollow yellow triangles towards Brackley via the a $22.00 in the $843.00 which are all looking very slow they are trying to release some of the trapped traffic that's called Between the closure and the scene of the crash and looking at the diversion routes very heavy there so the m 40 as well queuing towards the closures and Bawly road into Oxford that's curious about a 1520 minute drive from the a 34 into the center of Oxford timesaver travel from b.b.c. Radio Oxford I'm Gary Scott thank you very much Gary and you'll have more from Gary in. Inside the next 10 minutes with those closures on the m 40 southbound claim it's. 100. the m 40 southbound which remains closed southbound between junction 11 for Babri and junction 10 for Bradley Gary we'll be here very shortly with a full update of that but before the travel after this you'll be able to do mastermind with your specialist subject at the life and it's of Elton job how much you might be a fan but how much do you really know about him even if you do can you sound as an Elton John expert here are some things I bet you didn't know we're talking about this because his memoir called me we've just been talking about that and you'll be able to get your hands on it now when Elton John 1st started singing. He didn't need glasses and originally he started wearing them to look more like Buddy Holly but after wearing so many different pairs for so many years he now can't see without them. He taught himself to play the piano at age 7 he didn't have any professional teaching until much much later but taught himself to play by ear on his grandmother's piano. There's another one Elton John wrote a vampire musical he possibly would like to forget about this one it was called the status of the musical It opened in 2006 but it was a huge flop closing after only 2 months and getting some pretty awful reviews with one critic saying it should be prescribed as a sleeping. Nelson has several famous gone children I mean if you were friends with John you'd want him to be your child's godfather wouldn't you among the children He's godfather to our John Lennon son Sean Romeo and Brooklyn Beckham and Elizabeth Hurley son Damien after he gives a great birthday present. Plenty more where that came from he has a coat of arms to go along with his title he is of course Sir Elton John c.b.e. Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 1998 and. Any guesses. The keyboard and. I'd love if it was a big pair of glasses or something a little something to test your music knowledge right now Elton John of course had 7 number ones but can you name them all. With. One of the. 176 and 6 weeks to the top. Of this track was released in 1979 and only had one week at number one. Sacrificing hand sacrifice and healing had spent 5 weeks at number 199. Now on to something about the way he looks and. One of his most memorable singles with him performing in the wind a Princess Diana's funeral it was released in 1907 and spent 5 weeks in. A. 33000000. It's a great big pile. Out there but. Sorry seems to be the hardest words in 2002. Elton John s. Joined forces with the label for this track which ended up spending one week at number one. It's this. You this is ghetto gospel Elson featured on 2 packs a ghetto gospel in a 2005 religious and especially for a weeks at number one. Young girl. Now officially and else in John ex-pats. Radio You'll it's telling save the travel bring on the pub quiz right let's get an update on the m 40 right now southbound his carry. Your cat still got that closure in places close from Junction 11 up Bambery southbound to junction 10 a Bradley There's a lanes closed on the northbound side earlier this morning lorries overturned damaging the central barrier as a result so just looking at the cameras can see the scene of the crash I can see how the grousing with the recovery work but traffic diverting off we can see it coming off that junction 11 the official diversion is to follow the yellow triangle symbols going towards blankly and then on to the I $4.00 to $2.00 and the a $43.00 I'm looking at route through Banbury all very slow through there the a 4 to 2 and then approaching Brackley around the $843.00 looks to be very slow in the area certainly long queues there you'll find if you're approaching the scene of the accident southbound side cueing to a closure the northbound side guessing drivers are because of the language or in the distraction on the upside. Carriageway very slow they're only telling you of the legs on the ball the road going into Oxford that he's actually easing off very smart he's busy around by the Jr now and on the eastern bypass around by the county junction. Timesaver travel from b.b.c. Radio. Will be back at 4 o'clock this afternoon that thing some tips for recycling with today's ox but he'll be getting hungry with the weekly catch up with the ox which a foodie and can he make it 7 in a row on the ball and say Let's hope so from 4 o'clock this afternoon now coming up next we're going to hear from the r.s. P.c.a. On the challenges of horse welfare and the rehiring impact of the police. Everybody says. It is ready on to we will have an update with Gary on the problems only in 40 Southbank County place between junction 7 for Babri and junction 10 for Brackley So a more on that coming up within the next 10 minutes also want to talk about the new Judy film have you seen it a stunning performance and portrayal of g.d. Garland from run a sale like I sort of the weekend if you saw it I'd love to know what you thought of that so we'll talk about that in a little while but could she rehire Mohawks now the r.s. P.c.a. Is appealing for help with 90 horses they rescue every single month it's due to what the charity is calling a horse crisis I've been speaking to Dr Mark Kennedy who's an equine specialist at the hours p.c.a. And he explained the problem of this is something that feeds since about 2012 and we called the horse crisis and. And it's basically because of the situation of overbreeding really people producing more horses 'd than is actually a market for. So people are breeding without thinking of the next destination that the horses are going to go on to and obviously if people are breeding horses then they really should think about you know whether they'll be a market for those horses you know what sort of homes the will go on to. Because you know that's a huge responsibility absolutely and you know I have to have from having horses all my life and being brought up in that world how expensive horses are and I think people forget that sometimes they forget about you know the future they forget about you know the winter months they forget about you know the feeding they forget about over things that causes require an eating cluing Venner retreatment That's absolutely right yes the cost of keeping horses is ever rising feed he accommodation costs and as you say the vet records for the horses so all you know it really is worth thinking if you're thinking about breeding your horse you know what's the destination that animals going to end up and you are the good have good homes to go through and what tends to be happening is that you know those homes aren't necessarily they are and we are s.p.c. Rescued over a 1000 horses from situations of abandonment neglect and suffering last year. And we're fortunate and we worked hard to really hold 320 last year alone but we still have over 386 horses in or I mean this is this is a massive welfare issue and why do people then continue to breed horses when I mean nobody surely is going to be ignorant to the fact that horses are expensive and actually there might not be the homes out there for these particular horses that they are breeding why why is that not being understood fully. It's a message with all the equating welfare charities including our sales have been trying to get out for years it's just you know that sometimes people breed torsos because it's what they've always done it's a lifestyle choice it's just something they do or 'd you have the whole be horse breeder who perhaps is a mere who's you know getting towards the end of a working life time when they think it been a strategic a fall from her and you know and to breed to the next generation without thinking well you know that horse is going to be around for you know potentially over 30 years and you know what what's what's of life is are going to go in have is not going to be demand for a horse if you breed one Yeah I mean some of the pictures actually the images on your website and. Some of the pictures that I've seen absolutely make my heart break horses in the worst possible condition that she sometimes in in some cases you come in when a horse is ours from death that's correct yes yes I mean we've got a lovely story on our website I should just see if you visit the are a species Web site which is Iris pca dot org dot Juki or if you are as p.c. Into your search engine this week you'll land on our horse a dock told our group calling it landing ph and if you click through there you can go into or go and see or video or an 80 here is exactly a horse who was in that situation he really was collapsed in the field hours from death and then he was rescued with the aid of some very kind passers by and you know all the reason. And it's a lovely story and it is settled that takes time because you know that the relationship that you can have with a horse is absolutely incredible but also that takes time and it takes time to build up a horse's trust. No course it takes even longer when horses been through that kind of situation and you know horses can be incredibly unsure of human beings after being through that so you know that takes a lot of time and expertise of the r.s. P.c.a. Absolutely and you know we've got a couple of key messages that we would like to get out so 1st of all thinking about the drivers of the horse crisis you know because the message we want to get out there is please don't buy please don't breed horses a dog I mean if you go on to as I said the p.c. Website and click an hour at October you'll find it we've got you know fantastic writing horses as well as companion Morse absolutely that go on to shore jump dressage and more some wonderful 1st kids pulleys you know all fit for writing because we take them in and you know we spend weeks months sometimes years rehabilitating them. Before they're up for recording and you know if you take ordinary You see a horse you get a horse it's the fool veterinarian behavior check in history you're not an awful lot more than you would about a horse you buy in the open market and these are not these are not responsible breeders market has to be said because there's you know this is a real horse accounting you know there's a lot of there's a lot of breeding going on of course and the you know this is not too far from the Valley of the race horses when I'm in Lumberton So there's a lot of people that are incredibly responsible breeders in Mr very county I'm a will be listening to this with their head in their hands Absolutely absolutely I mean horses are such wonderful creatures I you know I can talk from spearing because of you've actually got to rescue horses of our Orton. And their companion horses and you know what they repeat you for the Kiran. Attention we gave them is fantastic you know we've built such a board with our 2. And you know all the companion horses you know we may not be able to write them but there's just so much we can do with them and so much enjoyment we get from where some of this comes down to animal cruelty because you know this this this level of neglect is at its salute play I mean it's. It's possible it really is and I know that you know that. What you've seen breaks your heart and frustrate she but surely there must there must be some kind of intervention there's got yes you put that message out there but you know surely there's there's got to be a stronger message from from from above to stop this because this is just otherwise going to keep happening absolutely and you know one of our key things one of the key things that we're working on at the p.c. Is trying to understand absolutely wore the drivers of the horse rights you know we've been putting out the message you know for the past 7 years not just ourselves but with other or other great welfare charges we work with you know please don't buy please don't breed please consider re homing. And yet we don't see people changing their behavior and that what we need to do is we need to get people to the messages on and change. And you know in Gauge mint with people in your in the way to do it we have try and understand what motivates people to breed horses when there isn't a destination from them and to shore them you know what the options are and to build a dialogue really that that's the really key thing that's Dr Mark Kennedy who's in a quite specialist at the arse p.c.a. And if you think you could help re home horse you can go along to our s.p.c. a Dot org dot u.k. And click on really home a horse. B.b.c. Brady Oh Oxford your time say the travel now let's get the latest on the m 40 still issues that are on my desk at stupid I closure between Bambery and Brackley of the southbound stretch of the m 40 after lorries overturned on that stretch doing damage to the central barrier so they had put a link closure a northbound long queues going towards the closure where you diverting off a junction 11 then following the hollow yellow triangle symbol so that's putting pressure on. Diversion regardful and. Towards broccoli and then on to the a $43.00 to bring you back home to the m 40 also looking slow than those few drugs going through Bambery then down towards a daring to stretch is also looking slow northbound stretch of the m 40 where there's only one lane close that is queuing northbound towards the scene of the accident there so very heavy into Oxford he was very slow on the on the Bali road but that's improving it's just going past the joint all that skewing so securing onto the cuts lie roundabout the westbound side very slow their time saver travel from b.b.c. Radio Oxford on Gary Scott's. 109. Days a travel. Trailer . And. It. Still don't was That's David Bowie and changes it is b.b.c. Radio Oxford coming up a little bit later on going to hear about the Booker Prize now the book a prize was not without controversy this year the 2 winners were named last night and could be joined by Lucy activists who is the Sunday Times book critic and she's a local Oxford also and she'll guide us through the Booker Prize and how important is it as a literary accolade as well in that world but it was actually at the weekend one of those rare weekends when I went to the cinema and I wasn't disappointed because I have to talk about this sometimes because often I a go to the cinema and I'll sit through a film and are quite enjoy it and then it gets to the end and I'm disappointed by the ending of the film and I sort of leave the cinema is sort of a little bit well that's wasted 2 hours no 2 hours I'm never going to get back but I wasn't disappointed this weekend when I saw Judi I managed to see this film which is sure to sweep the Oscars. Whatever that inquire. Into have a harder time getting it. You take anything for depression for that it. Didn't work. Out. That so much she craves love she was so so lonely and I think we all know a little bit about the tragic life of Judy Garland but and you could argue in fact that you know it wasn't really tackled I mean it. And going to the depths of course of the tragedies within her life within that film but you know the other day why do we go to the cinema of course we go to the cinema to learn about somebody's life I mean this was the latest in a long line of biopics but we want to be entertained as well and I think that there was a really good balance of both I mean I left the cinema in floods of tears it really affected me running portrayal I mean it says it all doesn't it because I do hope that she is recognised because in my thinking this is running as our workers the role of her life this is the next chapter in her life which sort of puts on a completely different pedestal we have seen and we've had Bridget Jones in our lives for so so many years but that was a completely rather that is worlds away from the trail of Judy Garland in this particular film it is blissful it is a measure of my zing and she was so troubled she was so troubled she wanted to be loved and that's why she loved performing because she wanted to feel that love it was sort of almost unconditional because she had legendary status but you know she didn't want to necessarily be a legend she was manufactured into this legend from a really really young age and that's what's so tragic because she was just 2 years old when she started performing on stage and everything her life was lived by this schedule which is certainly it's referenced within the film so you get a real sense of how much she was just being controlled and also the abuse as well there was a reference to that if you haven't seen I'm not going to spoil it for you it was a subtle reference but I couldn't stop thinking about this poor tragic young girl who I say grew into a woman but she didn't really grow into a woman because she had missed out on so much of her childhood but all in all it was just a spectacular film and if you've seen it of course I hope you'll agree with me if you haven't I thoroughly recommend that you go to. Because you don't have to be a running like a fanny don't have to be a Judy Garland fan is just a brilliant film to go and say. That of course that we can't forget the earliest songs of Judy Garland's reflected in the film. If you have seen the movie which was your favorite song this was one of my favorites. And also I got quite so excited and slightly emotional when it was very obvious that at the Talk of the town residency she was going to sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Wake up one of the clowns on. Him. Was. That just takes me back to my childhood. Was. She. Was. Me and was a. City girl and had many many rather amazing quotes. And that was removing a quote actually from the wisdom of the book at the end of the film but some This is a memorable one. Would be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other and a little more loving have a little more empathy maybe we'd like each other and little bit. I'll leave you with that but I thought some really recommend Judy brilliant performance by Renee Zellweger if you're going along to the cinema to see in the coming days or weeks you will be disappointed. It's 11 o'clock with the b.b.c. Needs the Oxford share I'm so I feel a decision to press ahead with plans for road projects around descant is expected later despite Phase 218000000 pounds of funding could be pulled our political reporter Beth the Nimmo has the story Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet is expected to back for plan projects using 219000000 pounds from the housing infrastructure fund but there's a problem the governments want the money is at risk if South Oxfordshire District Council doesn't approve a controversial housing plan with more than 28000 homes in it the authority looks set to scrap its local plan last week but the secretary of state for housing intervened to put the decision on hold so County Council is will now have to wait to see how this issue is resolved before knowing if the funding is going to be definitely available for the dead cop projects the government must do more so local authorities can scrap business rates for nurseries that's the call for campaigners who say paying rights and providing the governments that is free childcare scheme is bringing many nurseries to the brink of closure Jonathan broad prey head of policy at the National Dana saree Association says scrapping business rates would really help local authorities are struggling financially the government currently offer a 50 percent discount but a lot of that money has to come from the local authorities on budgets we want to see the government take action this is their policy to offer funded childcare so they need to make sure that nurseries a sustainable taking away those extra beds light business rates Christine Wilkinson he runs the early years nursery in Killington says she has spoken to her local authority about the problem we have we've done all our research and been in contact and still nothing's come.