now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. today, i m in the rural east of england in the studio of one of the country s leading painters and sculptors, maggi hambling. her work has defied convention. she has won international acclaim and stirred plenty of controversy, too. so how has her creativity evolved over six decades? maggi hambling, welcome to hardtalk. hello. let me ask you about this location. many people around the world will associate you with soho, central london, a bohemian art scene in the city. but in recent years, you ve been doing your work in the middle of the suffolk countryside. has it changed the way you work and what you do? not at all. not at all? not at all. even though the atmosphere around you is so very different? not at all. i still get up at 5am in the summer and 6am in the winter, and come into the studio and make a drawing and get going. if i stayed in bed, i d just worry about everything, so it s far better to be
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