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So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Radio Drama Studio of bbc broadcasting house. Ken, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. A show about cultural inspiration, cultural influences. What is your earliest cultural memory, do you think . Something that had a big impact . I think, early doors, i can remember Winston Churchills funeral, i think it was 1965, ....
court as blatantly unconstitutional and now some of the presidents own allies are asking whether he is really ready for another four years in office. welcome to the club. can you blame them? after what we all see from joe day in and day out, here is a reminder. 3 mr. president, thank you. thank you, thank you. don t go anywhere. it s an exciting day around here. we will have reaction. just he and i in a simultaneous interpreter 68 times. 68 hours. more than 68 hours. all right, god save the queen, man. music playing thank you very much, mr. president. we love you. thank you. i might add if i didn t i would be sleeping alone. i better explained that. my wife is a philly girl. where are we going? we have plans to build a railroad from the pacific all the way across the indian ocean. by the way, i met with those guys that fly over. you have heard of them, haven t you? i m trying to remember the last place i was. it is hard to keep track. you are right ....
the ingram angle from new york city tonight. am e froa tourist submersible s way to see underwater wreckage . the titanic has disappeared with limited oxyge n on board. a frantic search is underway. we re going to bringti you allue the details in moments. but first, remember when biden said this. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend if it comes to that? yes. you are. e that s a commitment we madesd . well, what about when he said this? e would u.s. forces defend the island? yes. if, in fact, there anente unprecedented attack. so unlike ukraine, to bed cleas u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend in the event of a chinese invasion. yes. well, don t worry about any of that, because blinken this weekend made it clear to china stat we won t even i about stopping them if they invade taiwan. on taiwan, i reiterated the longstanding u.s. one-china policy. that policy has not changed. we do not support taiwan independence. right now that t ....
support in next week s budget. we ll catch up with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at this weekend s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, my i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know your story. he said how many he said i know your story. he said how many hours a day do you dream? the six nations roars back into life this afternoon, as england meet france, both needing to win to keep title hopes alive, while wales are aiming to avoid a new low in rome. and after a frosty and icy start of the weekend there is a bit more snow to come the weekend there is a bit more snow to come tonight in northern parts but tomorrow looking much mild ....
are fleeing new york, new jersey, california, illinois. these liberal states. there is a reason to million americans left america s big cities just in the last two years. high income taxes, high property taxes, punitive regulations and for what? the roads are covered with potholes. the streets are littered with tons of trash. the homeless crisis is worse than ever. the public school systems are in disaster. by the way, for example, look at baltimore. 23 baltimore city schools, zero students. not one is proficient in math. 23 schools. not the single student. that is what $1.6 billion or 20 grand per student or the taxpayers of baltimore. forget about public safety. here is what public safety looks like in chicago. mob beatings in broad daylight. last weekend hordes of teens taking over the streets, smashing cars, assaulting pedestrians and breaking windows. in a statement chicago s radical incoming mayor responded, quote, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have ....