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
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 five in the summer and six 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 up and at it. and yet, i suppose what s missing here is the community and the people and the buzz, but that. you don t miss it? we ve got the buzz of the bees and the birds. i mean, people buzz about. i mean, not during the morning. they re not allowed to come. tell me about this, because you sound, even now, you sound very disciplined about your work. i mean, the early start, five, 6am, the determination to work every day. is discip
into darkness, hurricane ida was downgraded to a category three hurricane, tracking north west of new orleans with winds at iismph. in washington, president biden received a briefing on ida at the federal emergency management agency, or fema. he made an appeal to people in the region. i want to emphasise again this is going to be a devastating, a devastating hurricane, a life threatening storm. so please, all you folks in mississippi and louisiana, and god knows, maybe even further east, take precautions. listen, take it seriously. really, very seriously. fema is sending 2,000 emergency workers to assist local authorities. for now, though, residents are on their own for the duration of the storm. nada tawfik, bbc news, new orleans. now it s time for a look at the weather with darren. hello there. i do isjust about hello there. i do is just about to be downgraded depression. the winds and certainly drop at the rate is going to keep going for the next couple days. that s good t
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 five in the summer and six 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 up and at it. and yet, i suppose what s missing here is the community and the people and the buzz, but that. you don t miss it? we ve got the buzz of the bees and the birds. i mean, people buzz about. i mean, not during the morning. they re not allowed to come. tell me about this, because you sound, even now, you sound very disciplined about your work. i mean, the early start, five, 6am, the determination to work every day. is discip