house. welcome to this cultural life. your life has always run through your art but when did the art start? it took off at school because i missed so much school. i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, ijust did whatever i wanted to do in art, and i think that s what it was, really, it had become me in a serious way and because the teachers took me seriously and trusted me, that was quite a fantastic thing at the age of 15 when no one else did, and i didn t have much else to hold onto at the time and if i had not have done art at school, i think god knows who would have happened to me. no idea. this was margate where you grew up. was there any access to museums, galleries, culture? no, see, i didn t even know art museums really existed. there was something like in my mind, when i was real
hello, i m john wilson. welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal key moments and cultural works that fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is tracey emin, an artist who has always put her own life at the centre of her work. in drawings, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations, she tells very personal stories. we met in a radio studio in the bbc broadcasting house. welcome to this cultural life. your life has always run through your art but when did the art start? it took off at school because i missed so much school. i stopped going to school when i was about 13 and i had to go back when i was 15, i went back for three months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do in art, and i think that s what it was, really, it had become me in a serious way and bec
scenes from the scene of the killing. sandra: the first two witnesses took the stand, phil and lori are here to break down the latest developments from the courtroom coming up. but we begin america reports with bipartisan outrage boiling over after the senate intelligence committee had denied access to classified documents handled by president biden. former president trump and former vice president mike pence. hello, welcome, everyone. john: good to spend friday eve with you. senators are sounding off saying they need to review the documents to assess if there is damage to national security, congress grapples how to keep the sensitive information secured. sandra: met with more stonewalling. deferred the lawmakers to the justice department following the two-hour briefing that happened yesterday. john: troy nels will join us in a moment. sandra: the white house where our correspondent, peter doocy is standing by. live on the north lawn. hello, peter. good afternoo
yasmin. if you are joining us, welcome and if you are still with us, thank you for sticking around. we are following the latest developments in the wake of the bylaw tile assault on nancy pelosi s has been. police saying the man was second for the speaker of the house, bringing back memories of these chants from january 6th. [inaudible] we are going to be looking at the rise and violent political rhetoric that is only grown since that day on january 6th. and later on this hour, i will be joined by senator sheldon whitehouse to talk about the increasing dangers that lawmakers are currently facing, especially ahead of midterm elections. and also this hour, the president casting his ballot and democratic heavyweights hitting that campaign trail just ten days out before the midterms. i have been reading up on some of these candidates on the other side. lord have mercy. and as republicans hammer away at inflations, we are going to look at what economists are saying about the