Andriy khlyvnyuk, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me here. Good day, sir. Its a pleasure to have you here. Im very mindful that youve just made a pretty extraordinary journey, serving on the front line in ukraine with the Security Forces just a couple of days ago, and then, a long journey to here in london. In a couple of days, you will be making music in front of Tens Of Thousands of people at chelsea football stadium. All of that sounds kind of surreal. Does it feel that way to you . This is one kind of contrast. Three days ago, me and, actually, my partner who is here as a Shooting Cameraman we were under Artillery Fire in kherson, and then, a trip by bus, sleep on a bus last night, and then, a flight here. And here i am. This is quite a contrast, believe me. And im very, very glad and happy to observe People Living a peaceful life and having peace problems, chatting in cafes and having, i dont know, everything even those trafficjams is fun. Is there any sense of guilt whe
Persuasive rather than polarising . Kwame kwei armah, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. It is a great pleasure to have you. Now, youve been in the Theatre Business as an actor, a writer and a director for the best part of three decades. Ijust used that phrase, some would call it a cliche, about the culture wars. Does it feel to you that today there is a somewhat toxic culture war . I think youve framed it beautifully. It is toxic, but most importantly, its disingenuous. In my humble opinion. Its used to kind of create political fear. And ourjob as artists is, i think, fundamentally to take away that fear, to take away the binaries that i think this farce of the culture wars are. You know, i often hear politicians and im not one to diss politicians, but i also often hear politicians use race or class or immigration or use history as a Battering Ram to get themselves into the hearts of the populist. But those issues youve just outlined race, immigration they are centr
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