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
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 is always has gone through your art but wended the art stop? it took off at school wended the art stop? it took off at school because - wended the art stop? it took off at school because i - wended the art stop? it took. off at school because 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 months and i had to do three days a week by law, otherwise my mum would have beenin otherwise my mum would have been in trouble with social services and things, and ijust did whatever i wanted to do, 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 th
amid criticism of his leadership. at least 20 people are reported to have been found dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. # how could i dance with another? # when i saw her standing there?# and sir paul mccartney wows glastonbury and brings on surprise guests bruce springsteen and dave grohl. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one person has been killed and several others have been injured after apparent russian missile attacks struck the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions. the city s mayor says ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene. the attacks come hours after president zelensky made another plea for ukraine s allies to provide air defence systems. the war will dominate a summit of g7 leaders, which
# how could i dance with another? # i saw her standing there.# sir paul mccartney wows glastonbury and brings on surprise guests bruce springsteen and dave grohl. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there have been several large explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, after apparent russian missile attacks. the city s mayor says ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene. the attacks come hours after president zelensky made another plea for ukraine s allies to provide air defence systems. the war will dominate a summit of g7 leaders which is getting under way in germany and how to deal with russian aggression. anisa kadri reports. the destruction of a residential building in a russian cruise missile attack on kyiv. a number of people were pulled from the rubble, including a 7 year old girl. officials say they re searching for her mother. translation: the building has been destroyed and we understand that there are people under rub