singer serge gainsbourg. it was recorded months after they met on the set of the film slogan. in recent years, jane birkin maintained her celebrity status after inspiring the hermes birkin handbag. when it was released the song je t aime was banned on radio stations in several countries and condemned by the vatican because of its overtly sexual lyrics. speaking in a bbc documentary in 2015 jane birkin reflected on the controversy. the vatican and the bbc banned it just because of the heavy breathing without realising the beauty of the text which is i love you, nor do i. i played it to my mother and father, i used to do itjumping the heavy breathing so my mum said what a beautiful tune! and it was of course and my brother came by the health and put the whole thing on with the breathing so mum kept to her thing of saying it was beautiful tune and my father it was a beautiful tune and my father too, they were stoic. can you imagine having your daughter in such a scandalous t
albin kurti, to cool it and quickly. will he listen? and if he doesn t, could kosovo see a new round of balkan bloodshed? prime minister albin kurti, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to pristina and thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to be in your office. prime minister, how close has kosovo come to seeing a renewal of conflict in the last few months? it has been very heavy because the two extremist terrorist organisations, which are being financed by serbia, and from where they also receive their orders, civil protection and the northern brigade have been very active and first intimidating serbs and serbian candidate, who would like to vote and run in elections, and second, in attacking our police, journalists but, first and foremost, nato soldiers on 29 may. you ve chosen, in that answer, to pile all of the blame on your serbian minority population. that is not the way the international community sees things right now? i never blame serbian minority populati
hello, i m john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. he s known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies like life is sweet and happy go lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and peterloo. i spoke to him in one of the many radio studios in bbc broadcasting house. mike, welcome to this cultural life. let s take you to the beginning. what is your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, and i was exposed to. ..pantomime, live theatre of various sorts. circus. the circus was a big deal. variety. live variety, the old, you know, descendants of the music hall, including, at the age of nine, a trip to the ardwick hippodrome in manchester to see laurel and hardy live on stage.
it will decide who the champion is, 2023. and heartbreakfor alfie hewett as tokito oda takes the mens wheelchair singles title, we ll hearfrom him. he promises to be back in the final next year. i he promises to be back in the final next ear. ., , ~ he promises to be back in the final next ear. . , ~ ., next year. i really feel like a tennis is next year. i really feel like a tennis is being next year. i really feel like a tennis is being put - next year. i really feel like a tennis is being put on - next year. i really feel like a tennis is being put on the i next year. i really feel like a l tennis is being put on the map next year. i really feel like a - tennis is being put on the map here at wimbledon and i will be even more determined to motivate them next year. wheelchair tennis. i m paul scott in salford also coming up on sportsday. australia retain the women s ashes, after the penultimate one day match in southampton goes right to the wire. and with just a w