the shooter acted alone, with no evidence he was part of a wider group. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington on a hot summer s day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther king junior delivered his celebrated i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the day would end with a meeting between march leaders and presidentjohn f kennedy. the event marked the largest demonstration for human rights in us history and a display of unity among five of the nation s largest civil rights organisations. on saturday dr king s family and civil rights leaders gathered to mark 60 years since that first march in 1963. it comes as some fear civil rights are bein
trump. he appeared at the fulton county jail on thursday evening to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. he then posted that mugshot on x, formerly known as twitter, positioning himself squarely as the wronged party. he will return at a later date to defend himself in court. he denies all 13 charges against him, including racketeering and making false statements all this is eight of his rivals try to stand out from the pack as they debated in milwaukee, absent mr trump himself. our bbc team have been on the ground all week, covering every twist and turn. this is how the dramatic day unfolded at the fulton county jail on thursday. right now we just have a huge motorcade coming in. i am going to get out of the way, and these are a large number of police motorcycles coming in. there has been a very obvious uptick in security. we have seen some secret service here, sheriff s officers as well as police. so i want to thank you for being here. we did nothing wrong at all,
cultural life: tim minchin. applause cultural life: tim minchin. tim minchin, the cabaret star who wrote matilda the musical. he grew up in western australia, started writing songs in his teens and made his name as a musical comedy performer at the 2005 edinburgh festival. mrtim minchin! after a series of live solo albums, tim was commissioned to write a stage adaptation of the roald dahl book, matilda. the show went on to win 0livier and tony awards and has now been turned into a film. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences and how, despite fame and acclaim, bad reviews still hurt. no, i m not good at taking criticism. you still take it personally? 0h, hugely, yeah. i ll take myjacket off. yeah, you ll get warm. you ll get warm. what, are you going to ask me some quite heated questions? yeah. you re going to be sweating. no, stay cool. let s stay cool. tim minchin, welcome to this cultural life. hi, joh
at taking criticism. you still take it personally? 0h, hugely, yeah. i ll take myjacket off. yeah, you ll get warm. you ll get warm. what, are you going to ask me some quite heated questions? yeah. you re going to be sweating. no, stay cool. let s stay cool. tim minchin, welcome to this cultural life. hi, john, how are you? you were born in northampton. yeah, can t you tell? and moved to perth in australia at a young age? yeah. musicalfamily? what sort of music was played at home? not particularly. although one quirk of my childhood is that in my house, from a very young age, was my great grandmother s pianola, which some people call a pedal piano, and a lot of people had pedal pianos and inherited them, but mostly, they sat there gathering dust. but my mum retained ours and got it, kept it working because we had this collection of something like 300 or 400 pianola rolls, scrolls, and so that was played a lot. and so i grew up listening to all these old pre war songs like, yo
gel manicures are one of the most popular beauty treatments, but dermatologists say they re causing some people to develop life changing allergies. the reaction happens when chemicals from the polish come into contact with the skin and can mean sufferers are unable to have certain medical treatments in the future. niki cardwell reports. when laura davies s nails started lifting off herfingers, she posted the footage on tiktok. it s really horrible looking back now. it s like blood vessels bursting underneath the nails. i was embarrassed, really embarrassed about them. some of them i had had to trim them right down to half the length. it had a really negative impact on, like, how i felt, i thought people would look at me and think i was dirty. the damage to laura s nails and fingers was caused by an allergy to the gel nail polish that she had been using at home. the british association of dermatologists first warned that gels were causing allergies in 2018. doctor deirdre bu