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
At the group stage. A 0 0 draw took switzerland through and in auckland gave norway a chance. They faced the philippines, they were emphatic. Norway had been under pressure, they won 6 0. After a slow start they go through on goal difference. Norway are former champions but for some teams in the group stage it is a breakthrough just to be here. Morocco are ranked 72 in the world and yet they beat south korea for their first world cup win. History made by the score line and by their defender. Morocco s Nouhaila Benzina became the first player to wear a hijab at the world cup. The last Match Of The Day was lit up by columbia, few give them a chance against the two time winners germany but in the 97th minute this. Now they need another they have done it colombia won 2 1 and sydney felt south american. The co hosts may be out but the party goes on. So huge disappointment for new zealand and in just a few hours time, Fellow Co Hosts Australia will be doing all they can to avoid the same fat
Its been verified by police in pakistan. It shows the build up to that blast which killed 35 people. Weve paused the video before the moment of the explosion. The tribal area of bajaur is near pakistans border with afghanistan. Its not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though Police Suspect it was a suicide bomber. No organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. With more on this, lets cross to the newsroom and our south asia editor, Anbarasan Ethirajan. It broke in the last few hours. What more can you tell us about the explosion and about the motive of the attack . About the explosion as about the explosion you have seen in the footage showed as you have seen in the footage we showed a short while ago, hundreds of people had gathered from the party called thejui, they had a meeting in a town very close to the border with afghanistan and suddenly, you see this ball of fire. And now police are saying that they have evidence to suggest it was a suicide attack. It is not
History made by the scoreline and by their defender. Morocco s nabila benzema became the first player to wear a hijab at the world cup. While the last Match Of The Day was lit up by colombia. Few gave them a chance against the two time winners germany. But in the 97th minute, this. Now they need another. Columbia won 2 1 and sydney felt south american. The co hosts may be out, but the party goes on. Joe lynskey, bbc news. So huge disappointment for new zealand and in just a few hours time, Fellow Co Hosts Australia will be doing all they can to avoid the same fate. They face olympic champions canada in melbourne in their final group match and have to win to be sure of making it into the last 16 so i think its a massive game in that sense and we cant shy away from that. Weve spoken a couple of times before about legacy and the legacy and the why about this team. And you know, in long term legacy, its a different type of question. But if you talk sports and results, this game is massive.
Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Im sure you would agree that amnesty S International reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. Mm hm. How do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now . Look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. People from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if its needed. I was very recently in peru meeting with Indigenous People who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. Who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time . Amnesty international. We went there and we kept being there for them. I was in taiwan two weeks ago. Amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. We fought the white terror government. We are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the Civil Society more generally