It is a great pleasure to have you here. Now you are very busy right now because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the National Theatre in london in just the last few days. And its got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writing and what interests you . Have you changed in the decade . Yes, i think i have. I mean, its so interesting to go back to something you wrote just over ten years ago. As you say, 2012 was the first production of it. Its a play called the effect, and it follows. It follows two triallists taking part in a Clinical Trial for a new antidepressant and two doctors running it. And the triallists basically start to fall in love, but dont know whether they are actually falling in love or if its an effect of the new antidepressant that theyre trialling. And of course, when i wrote it originally, i felt very close to these young sort of Romeo And J
leaders of a global wildlife gang have been convicted over smuggling and trading the scales of african pangolins. hello, i m mark ashdown. well, it s a rivalry for the ages australia versus england. both teams are hoping to make history by reaching the women s world cup finalfor the first time when they meet in sydney in just a few hours time. there s some friendly rivalry on the front pages this morning. the sun newspaper here in the uk calls on the lionesses to waltz past the matildas. meantime, sydney s daily telegraph has been rebranded the daily tillygraph and called the match up the smashes a cheeky nod to the cricket last month. we can speak now to former matilda tal karp.