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Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. But i watched the World Cup Final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at least it seemed to galvanise everybody and everything, and i was looking at images that said, the world is watching. Wow. And you mentioned belfast there. Some people, i think, are still surprised when they hear that you grew up in working class belfast. Uhhuh. And youve now written and directed a film called belfast. Uhhuh. How autobiographical a film is it . Well, its seen through the ....
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, ....
Our reporter ben philip has the latest. As you can tell, im sad that my time as First Minister is ending, but im so grateful and so blessed for having the opportunity afforded to so few, to lead my country. A week is a long time in politics. Last monday an emotional humza yousaf resigned, leaving the snp looking for a new leader and scotland a new First Minister. Focus quickly turned to who would replace him in the frame. John swinney and kate forbes. I want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. Shortly after mr swinney entered the contest, ms forbes said she wouldnt stand. Technically, the deadline for nominations is at midday, and thats the only current contender and with the clock running down, it was widely expected that john swinney would become the next snp party leader and countrys seventh First Minist ....
As a model of peaceful co existence. What does he want from the visit . Good morning and thank you for the invite. The Chinese Administration has a twofold agenda. Normalising the relationship with europe. Europe has lodged a sequence of blow with china and some practices of trade. And on the political side, with the ukraine and russia block and the European Countries are, lets say, quite upset by the fact that now some companies in china are supporting. , Russian Companies are supporting the russian war effort and this is clearly a problem. The second thing is clearly the huge and massive Trade Imbalance between europe and china which is something that the french president as pointed out as something that needs to be dealt with in the short term. � ....