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
Dc where donald trump appears to have launched a wide reaching Diplomatic Initiative to tackle what he says is the urgent Security Challenge posed by north korea. The president has spoken to the japanese and german leaders by phone and had is also holding a classified briefing on the subject with all 100 us senators. Mr trump also said this message to the Un Security Council. The status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north Korean Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes. This is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. North korea is a big World Problem and its a problem we have to finally solve. People have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. President trump calling for new sanctions on north korea. This appeal was made not in new york, the un, but while the president was hosting Un Security Council ambassadors at the white house and thr
Of the 21st century. When sport is about more than about winning. The men who embodied the marathon spirit. Maybe i was a bit overzealous in my support. It was wonderful. It was needed, needed to kind of hit home as well. Yes. Coming up in the sport on bbc news. 11 months on, can rafa and newcastle return to the Premier League . A win against preston tonight in the championship and theyll be back at the first time of asking. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders who have left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons En Marche Party which is barely a year old won the most votes. Hell face Marine Le Pen. Its more than 20 years since the Front National made it to this stage of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu, and for brexit. Heres our paris correspondent lucy williamson
Dc where donald trump appears to have launched a wide reaching Diplomatic Initiative to tackle what he says is the urgent Security Challenge posed by north korea. The president has spoken to the japanese and german leaders by phone and had is also holding a classified briefing on the subject with all 100 us senators. Mr trump also said this message to the Un Security Council. The status quo in north korea is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north Korean Nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes. This is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. North korea is a big World Problem and its a problem we have to finally solve. People have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. President trump calling for new sanctions on north korea. This appeal was made not in new york, the un, but while the president was hosting Un Security Council ambassadors at the white house and thr
Evaluate job applicants. [ theme ] good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America. A glimmer of hope for survivors of typhoon haiyan. Philippines Officials Say all major roads damaged by the storm are passable. Its welcome news to relief and rescue workers who have been struggling to deliver aid since last weekend. Theres a sense of urgency to get supplies out fast as conditions are worsening across the battered country. In village after village families are begging for basic necessities some standing on the side of roads with signs saying, please help us, turning pleas for help into looting for food, water and medicine. Here is where the worst damage is in the central philippines the devastation stretches from leyte, to tacloban, and palay. Also to cebu. We have the littest on the latest so many suffering after typhoon haiyan slammed into the philippines. We can survive without the houses. We can sleep anywhere. We need food. Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the storm are