welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. imagine a writer with a blank piece of paper. on the face of it, they re free to take their imagination in any direction they choose, tell any story they like. but it s not that simple. they need money, a commission. they need to win an audience, and for that, they must constantly adapt to changing tastes and technologies. my guest is one of the uk s leading playwrights and screenwriters, lucy prebble. she s had huge hits and one notable broadway miss. for a writer, how daunting can that blank piece of paper be? lucy prebble, welcome to hardtalk. hello, stephen. thanks for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here. now, you are very busy right now, because a play that you originally wrote in 2012 and put on in 2012 has been revived at the national theatre in london in just the last few days. and it s got me wondering, as you have been heavily involved with the revival, how have you sort of seen the evolution of your own writin
that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. our reporter in sydney, phil mercer, has the latest. officials have confirmed that three us marines have died in this aircraft crash. this took place on the tiwi islands, about 60 kilometres to the north of darwin, the capital city of australia s northern territory. so right at the north in the middle of australia, on melville island, one of the tiwi islands, this vertical take off aircraft has crashed. this is an osprey, one of two us vertical take off aircraft that have been involved in military drills between australian forces and us military forces in the northern territory. we understand that 23 people were on board. three us marines have been confirmed to have been killed. at least five others have been flown to
near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. australian prime minister anthony albanese gave this update, a little earlier. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. live now to sydney, we can speak to phil mercer. what s on this? ! what s the latest? officials have confirmed three us marines have died in this aircraft crash. this took place on the tiwi islands, about 60 kilometres to the north of darwin, the capital city of australia s northern territories. so right at the north in the middle of australia, on melville island, one of the tiwi islands, this vertical t
the original torch. wow! ..to hidden treasures. somebody has to preserve a record of what we have. it s worth it. ..lasting legacies. i think it was what we needed to do to create a real movement, to create real equality. ..and a record breaking show. you re standing in the wings and the orchestra starts, . something just takes over. # phantom of the opera. i guess it s theatre magic. new york is, without a doubt, one of the most dynamic, diverse, and creative cities in the world, and one that i ve loved going back to time and time again. over the years here on the travel show, we ve brought you a ton of great stories from the big apple. and in this week s show, we ll be looking back at some of them. the city has always been at the forefront of activism. so let s kick off by remembering how the events that happened here on one balmy night way back injune 1969 inspired change. in the us, the 19605 was an era of activism and protests. it was the end of the counterculture, 1960s
been killed in a military aircraft crash in northern australia. 23 people were on board osprey military craft, which was taking part in exercises near the remote melville island, off the coast of darwin, in the northern territory. five marines have been transported to darwin in a serious condition. australian prime minister anthony albanese gave this update, a little earlier. the initial reports suggest that the incident involves just us defence force personnel, that there are no members of the australian defence force involved in this incident. our focus as a government and as a department of defence is very much on incident response and on making sure that every support and assistance is given at this difficult time. that was the australian prime minister on that military crashed, killing three us marines. we ll have more on this story as we get it. here in the uk, nadine dorries, the conservative mp and former minister, has resigned as a member of parliament with a scathin