stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldn t be around us any more if they didn t. the mouse that didn t care about surviving wouldn t pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, that s part of our survival mechanism, if you like, that allow us to see the future, to generalise. and we re conscious of ourselves as individuals, and that means we re conscious of our own deaths. and of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that, one day, all of their efforts will come to nothing. and so, if we look back through human history, what we see is humanity struggling to make sense of this. some of the earliest archaeological evidence we f
punctual man i ve ever met. the i punctual man i ve ever met. the first training, i was living in new york city and he was staying at a hotel on first ave and i arranged to pick him up and take him to training in newjersey and pick him up and take him to training in newjerseyandi pick him up and take him to training in newjersey and i was a few minutes late, as i tend to run a bit late in those days, and he was already down in the lobby, looking through the glass doors, waiting for me to arrive and he was very concerned that he was not going to be on time to his first practice session. he was a very punctual guy. there is a great picture of you both in a bath and henry kissinger looking on. can you explain what s going on in that photograph? friends and i used to going on in that photograph? friends and i used to get going on in that photograph? friends and i used to get into going on in that photograph? friends and i used to get into a going on in that photograph? fr
and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood, a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s, has died in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician. joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest. it s opinion. but pele led, others stand on
surge across the country. and she gave the world dangerously high heels and went we hear tributes to the designer vivienne westwood, who has died in london. a woman of colour was wearing it on the runways so also diversity, gender bending, all of that made vivienne westwood so important to me. everyone to bbc news. a very warm welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. durin