christmas is well, it s about the best time of the whole year. no matter when they take place, modern era or period, christmas movies and television specials are always about someone who has lost their faith in humankind regaining it, saved by other people being kind because it s christmas. christmas is the landscape that everybody wants to paint on. everyone who tells stories is attracted to the heightened emotions that it brings. nostalgia plays such a huge part in christmas because it is part of so many people s childhoods. and being able to go back and relive those feelings every year by watching holiday movies is just joy. a christmas story is one of the best movies about nostalgia, family, and christmas. jingle bells, jingle bells. jingle all the way. a christmas story. i watch it every year at least twice. it s like the script of my life. can we go now? can we go now? yes. yes, we can go now. come on. it brings out every childhoo
i cuss gratuitously. subject matter is another story. this is gonna be a good show. are there any subjects that are never appropriate for humor? people say a good comedian doesn t have to cuss. and i thought, now that s [bleep] rubbish. how dirty is too dirty? why is all that so funny? i don t know. what you re about to hear is going to shock and disgust you. if you choose to go blue, you ve got to do it right. dirty for the sake of dirty, there s nothing worse than that. you must promise me something. you won t get me in any trouble on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] listen, i will be cussing tonight. now, just so s you know. no, i will. i will. don t [bleep] oh me. not allowing an artist to use the word [bleep] is like not allowing a guitarist to use the chord e. it s possible to play the instrument, but why the [bleep] would you bother? now don t wave your finger at me! you knew when you got here there d be cussing. the last thing co
is whether such people are inherently evil or whether they are sick. my guest today has spent more than three decades trying to treat some of the most violent offenders here in the uk. dr gwen adshead is a forensic psychiatrist as well as a psychotherapist, and has worked across a range of secure hospitals, prisons and in the community. why does she urge compassion and understanding for those who many brand as being simply evil? dr gwen adshead, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, zeinab. why did you decide to choose a career where you provide counselling and therapy to people who ve committed acts which many brand as simply being pure evil? well, i first got interested in this career because i was interested in law and ethics. that very interesting question of how should we treat people who ve done terrible things? so i started by assessing those people and giving evidence in court and really beginning to try and understand how people came to commit acts of violence. a
as a parent, can i ask you to respect my children space? she was a ball of fire which attracted diversity like no one else. the clock was ticking and she was about to run out of time . i want to reassure all these people who have left me and supported me throughout the past 15 years, i ve never let them down . we are actually during princess diana speak from the heart, she s giving her first ever solo interview. the public were riveted, 20 million of them, everybody hung on her every word. she went from military style jacket, very strong, very powerful, extremely chic. she saying i know you re going to attack me and i m going into battle. i was separated, i was a problem full stop, never happened before, what do we do with her? can we pack her off to somewhere quietly. she won t go quietly, that s the problem. i will fight till the end. she was controlled, on message, well rehearsed. it was a full hour of solid television , with the camera trained right
after it was shelled this week. they say moscow s actions are increasing the risk of a terrible accident. # we re locking in the air. # we re walking in the air. and the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the children s book the snowman, has died at the age of 88. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where donald trump has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family s business practices. mr trump described the inquiry by the new york attorney general, letitia james, as a witch hunt. ms james is looking into whether the trump organization tried to acquire loans and avoid taxes by misleading the authorities. the former president s deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedented search at his florida home as part of a separate investigation. shortly after his visit to the ne