Cultural life, the radio four podcast, she reveals her formative influences and experiences, and how her passion for playing was there from the start. I knew very young there was no question i wanted to play the violin. There was no question that that was what i must do and had to do and wanted to do. Have you played here much, nicky . They chuckle nicola benedetti, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you so much for having me. Its an absolute pleasure. You were born and brought up in north ayrshire. What are your earliest musical memories at home . What memories do you have of music being played at home . The bee gees and abba. Later on, good dose of shania twain. That was all my dads taste. My mum definitely had a kenny g record. Um. She laughs saxophone . Theyll kill me for saying all of this quite like this, but its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents
But its the truth both of your parents were born in italy, werent they . Yes. Was it an italian household culturally growing up . Its a good question. I would say both parents assimilated very concretely and quite deliberately with scottishness and scottish culture, but they also came over very young. My mum was three years old. An italian speaking three year old with an italian mother and scottish father. Um. Came over to scotland and, er. Was sort of banned from speaking italian quite quickly. It was considered to be detrimental to her education and all sorts of things. We know better now. So my mum lost most of her italian, um. And it was a very scottish upbringing from that moment forward. And my dad, he came over when he was kind of ten or ii. Came over without his parents. Had a rough time, you know, adjusting to such a different culture. It was a good, healthy mix. But as far as mealtimes go and food, we were italian all the way. You mentioned you started playing the violin at t
Minutes ago, my msnbc colleague Jonathan Capehart sat down for an interview with President Biden and asked him about of the israel hamas war. Play the clip, please. What is your redline with Prime Minister netanyahu, do you have a redline . For instance, would invasion of rafah be a redline . Im never going to leave israel. The defense of israel is critical. Theres no redline im going to cut off all weapons so they dont have the iron dome to protect them. But, theres redlines that if you cross, you cannot have 30,000 more palestinians dead. As a consequence of going after hamas, there are other ways to deal with, to get to with, with the trauma caused by hamas. The first time i went over, i sat with them and i sat with the war cabinet and is it dont make the mistake americanmade. America made a mistake. Jonathan capehart will have more of the interview in the next hour and we will get a reaction to this in a moment from congressman roy connor. And, presented by nan and donald trump are
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A lot of people that know me still dont know i am a Gambling Addict. Even when i came here, i said i was going to a Mental Health facility, because people knew i had Mental Health episodes that were bad, but nobody knew i was an addict. I kept my Gambling A Secret for years, and obviously it did eventually all come out. These british women fought to keep their Gambling Addiction a secret, until they were offered a lifeline a place in a residential centre, and a chance to confront their addiction. I cant remember the exact amount, but it shocked my parents, it shocked my partner at the time, because i think it worked out to be about £30,000 in the space of three months. Recent studies indicate that Around The World, the number of Women Gambling is growing. And for those with addiction, is often done in secret. We seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. Elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on Fruit Machines and down at the bookies. But she has got out of hand when