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 find of human development is grave goods, for example, suggesting people very early believed in an afterlife. the oldest
and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirtsy wark which is just getting underway on bbc two the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team it s goodnight. donald trump was in a miami court tonight facing criminal charges for allegedly stashing classified us government documents in mar a lago. but will his presidential ambitions be hindered or helped? a motorcade, media circus and crowds of protesters as donald trump pleads not guilty to 37 criminal charges in a federal court. could today be the moment some in the republican party abandon the former presidenter? we ll be joined by his former lawyer and the us pollster frank luntz. also tonight. we ll have the latest news from nottingham where two students and a middle aged man were murdered in the early hours of this morning. a 31 year old man is in custody. pr
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
flanders and claire barrett. we have got stephanie flanders from bloomberg economics on the podcast. hello. hello, hello. and another friend of the podcast, claer barrett, from the financial times. thank you for having me. i m glad you re here, so, interest rates at 3%, stephanie. gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives. in gives a sense of how that feeds into real lives. into real lives. in terms of money that into real lives. in terms of money that is into real lives. in terms of money that is about - into real lives. in terms of money that is about 2 - into real lives. in terms of. money that is about 2 million people in the country who are on a variable rate the biggest since the 80s or 90s depending on who you believe. and for somebody with the average size mortgage, that is going to add nearly £80 a month or £1000 a year, just from today s rise, but of course, that is the eighth rise we have had in succession from the bank of england. there is more pain t