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 using the oasis song lyric don t look back in anger to describe this section. And here is a little bit of keir starmer looking back, kind of in anger. There is a budget coming in october, and it s going to be painful. We have no other choice given the situation that we re in. And, paddy, i mean, that really is the theme coming from keir starmer this week and the week before and the week before
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 song and we re using the oasis song lyric don t look back in anger lyric don t look back in anger to describe this section. To describe this section. And here is a little bit and here is a little bit of keir starmer looking of keir starmer looking back, kind of in anger. Back, kind of in anger. There is a budget coming there is a budget coming in october, and it s in october, and it s going to be pa
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 is watching. Wow. And you mentioned belfast there. Some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. Uhhuh. And youve now written and directed a film called belfast. Uhhuh. How autobiographical a film is it . Well, its seen through the eyes of nine year old buddy. Its seen at 50 years distance from me. So inevitably, not everything happened absolut
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 months old. The gains it has made have been modest and they have been intensely contested. We are seeing an increase in fighting. It is true to say that they are concentrating men and machinery, notably in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front line. But we are getting comments from the kremlin alleging that the counteroffensive is not going according to plan, in their words, saying that all
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 cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills 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 flirtat