including the painter alfred munnings, president of the royal academy, who voiced his criticisms on bbc radio. (sir arthur munnings) the sculptors today are sinking away into a fashion. you saw these things exhibited in battersea park, and god help us if all the race of women looked like that. (audience laughing) (narrator) munningsas t last major british utional voice to criticize henry moore's vision. the british council, founded to promote the nation's art and artists internationally, selected moore to represent britain at the venice biennale in 1948. he won the first prize for foreign sculpture. there were other great artists who were either, seems to me, at the tail end of something or were too idiosyncratic to market internationally in the way that moore really seemed to fit with the modern movement across europe and the world. so an agency like the british council, looking to promote british culture and a new view of britain as a great power but coming to terms with the aftermath of the second world war, would listen to these voices telling them that moore is the great artist around at

including the painter alfred munnings, president of the royal academy, who voiced his criticisms on bbc radio. (sir arthur munnings) the sculptors today are sinking away into a fashion. you saw these things exhibited in battersea park, and god help us if all the race of women looked like that. (audience laughing) (narrator) munnings was t last major british utional voice to criticize henry moore's vision. the british council, founded to promote the nation's art and artists internationally, selected moore to represent britain at the venice biennale in 1948. he won the first prize for foreign sculpture. there were other great artists who were either, seems to me, at the tail end of something or were too idiosyncratic to market internationally in the way that moore really seemed to fit with the modern movement across europe and the world. so an agency like the british council, looking to promote british culture and a new view of britain as a great power but coming to terms with the aftermath of the second world war, would listen to these voices telling them that moore is the great artist around

little things like that, and on a bbc radio program i was asked whether i was a little concerned having heard about rumors of prince harry's lavishness the fact he likes to have a good time and i told the bbc program our awards dinner could use a little bit more lavishness. >>> if people want to get a glimpse of him where might they be able to do that. >> the dinner is at the ritz carleton hotel but i can as sure you there will be enough security glimpses won't be too terribly close. >> all right then he leaves afterwards. >> then he is leaving soon afterwards come in particularly for this award and i think the reason he has taken it there is a lot of tabloid attention to prince harry but this is serious united nations secretary general, moon will get an award presented by henry kissinger. and is great violinist, and then, the ceo of unilever paul pole man this is a great crowd, and i think prince harry looked at this and said this is serious, this is where i would really like to have my foundation recognized. >>> have fun tonight. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for coming in. alliso

is only by doing it and by watching other people do it, when i was young, i was lucky i worked on bbc radio, and as a young man, my apprenticeship was basically on bed bc, bc radio where i rubbed shoulders with seriously good actors and in a small space and watched them at close quarters and i think by osmosis you kind of pick things up. i think you learn a great deal from watching other actors. >> rose: i know nothing about it as you know but it is often seemed to me that the audio part is as important as the visual part. >> oh, yeah. i think i worked probably more from that angle than any other. well, you kind of cover everything, obviously and on the radio it is very interesting because you have to focus everything obviously you only have your voice, and you do is a to express everything to do with the character and the tell story entirely through that, and it is, i think very, very good training for a young actor, i think it is really goodies preliminary and it focuses you in a way that perhaps other things don't. most people who look at you today say he benefitted greatly from the fact

in fact, the only way we were able to get information was by listening to the bbc on a transistor radio. we had some very unique experiences. we were never knowing exactly when we would be possibly under attack, what was going on. we were close enough to the border that we could feel the bombs as the air war began, but not knowing what would happen, we had one chemical suit assigned to each of us. we went in to mop for gear and sat for about a day. what people don't know once you break open a charcoal chemical suit, it's expired. that was all we had. as time went on, we now realize we were exposed to the chemical plume cloud and, of course, we were inundated with a lot of oil well fire smoke. we were deployed for five months. we left back for germany in may of '91. so that's my story. >> our next speaker is juanita mullen. she was raised on an indian reservation and is a pioneer for american indian women in the u.s. air force. she served stateside tours during the gulf war in support of troops overseas, watching her husband deploy and caring for her children and family while serving. sh

bbc news. >> we are waiting to hear where the world's most powerful radio telescope will be built. could be south africa, australia or new zealand. astronomers hope it will help answer fundamental questions about the origins of the universe. our correspondent has more. >> the telescope was built more than 50 years ago, but it is still one of the most powerful ever built. the idea behind the square kilometre is to connect thousands of dishes like this across thousands of kilometers and build the telescope that is much more powerful than anything bill today. the level telescope on its own can produce quite blurred images. that is why it is connected to other telescopes, to sharpen up that image. a square kilometer rate is the equivalent of 100 level telescopes. it can produce images that are 1000 times sharper. one of the things that the square kilometre ray will be looking for is the hydrogen gas that existed right after the big bang when the universe was very young. these are the so-called dark ages. the hydrogen gas then came together and formed the first ever stars. one of the gr

radio station, and army barracks. just to repeat, the situation is under control. you are watching "newsday" on the bbc, live from singapore and london. the art of science. leonardo da vinci's work on display at buckingham palace. the new world trade center becomes new york's tallest building. >> now for some news from around the u.k., david cameron has been forced to appear in the comments to make another defense of his handling of the row surrounding germy hunt. the prime minister said he had not breached the ministerial code. some accuse mr. cameron of defending the indefensible. a man has died when the car he was in became submerged. over 200 flood warnings, and more rain is predicted. this has been the most rain in the u.k. and a more than 100 years. new patterns are being introduced for control staff to reduce delays at heathrow airport. some passengers faced delays of up to three hours last friday. the immigration minister said the longest anyone has waited was actually just 90 minutes. "-- this is "newsday" on the bbc. >> the headlines this hour -- president obama's counter- terrorism adviser j

she has provided commentary to the bbc, foreign policy national public radio, the new york times, wall street journal, the washington post. dr. richardson is the author of china, cambodia, and five principals of coexistence. an in-depth examination of the foreign-policy since 1954's geneva conference. we will then it here from the director for international advocacy. he has testified before our subcommittee on human rights. he has served as a human rights monitor and any countries as well as bosnia, afghanistan, sudan, and south africa. he has served as ships and the camps. he holds an advanced degree in law. he was himself a political prisoner for five years and the tree lot of for his peaceful activities. he started his legal studies in prison and became an attorney and devoted his entire practice to defending political prisoners which is what he does now with amnesty. we will then hear from a human rights advocate to for a furniture business who recently fled to the u.s. to escape constant monitoring and harassment from chinese authorities following her ongoing advocacy on behalf of

she has provided commentary to the bbc, cnn, our asian economic review, foreign policy, public radiow times, "wall street journal" and the post. "washington post" the doctor richardson is the author of china, cambodia and five principled peaceful coexistence in december 2009 columbia university press. including rare interviews with policymakers. we will then hear from t. kumar who is director for international efficacy. he testified before our subcommittee on human rights, my subcommittee many times. and before of the house and senate forums. he has served as a human rights monitor in many asian countries as was in bosnia, afghanistan, guatemala, sudan and south africa. is also served as director of several refugee shifts and camps. kumar holds an advanced degree in law from universal pennsylvania law school and taught at american universities a cat and human rights and humanitarian law. mr. kumar was himself a political prisoner for over five years. sri lanka force peaceful human rights activity. he started his legal studies in prison, became an attorney and devoted his entire pract

she has provided commentary to the bbc, foreign policy national public radio, the new york times, wall street journal, the washington post. dr. richardson is the author of china, cambodia, and five principals of coexistence. and an in-depth examination of the foreign-policy since 1954's geneva conference. including rare interviews with policy makers. we will then it here from the director for international advocacy. t. kumar. he has testified before our subcommittee on human rights. he has served as a human rights monitor and any countries as well as bosnia, afghanistan, sudan, and south africa. he has served as ships and the camps. -- he has served as directors of ships and camps. he holds an advanced degree in law. he was himself a political prisoner for five years and the tree lot of for his peaceful activities. sri lanka. la he started his legal studies in prison and became an attorney and devoted his entire practice to defending political prisoners which is what he does now with amnesty. we will then hear from a human rights advocate to for a furniture business who recently fled t

bbc news," beijing. >> and still to come on "g.m.t." . so here's a question. could these replace this? our cashless correspondent. whether mobiles really are a smarter way to pay your bills. increase canned level offense radio activity from last week's fukushima accident have been found in blue fin tuna off the coast of california. the fish would have picked up the contamination while swimming in japanese waters. here is our correspondent. >> months from the fukushima nuclear accident, radio activity has been found in one of the pacific ocean's most iconic fish, the blue fin tuna. while the accident could have had a far worse outcome, it stopped the importing of some fish. during the battle to bring the systems under control, large volumes of contaminated water brent the fukushima reactors into the sea. 15 samples of tuna caught as far away as the northern measure coast shown traces of the pollution. >> we contrasted the radioactivity in the blue fin tuna with in the radioactivity in yellowfin tuna, that also lives in the pacific the yellow fin were collected at the same time at the same location of san diego in august of 2011. but the yellowfin tuna ten to be more residential fish. so they don't swim acros

she provided commentary to the bbc and far eastern economic review, foreign policy public radio, wallstreet journal and the washington post. dr. richardson is the author of china, cambodia and five principles of peaceful coexistence. december 2009, in-depth examination of china's foreign policy since 1954 geneva conference including a rare interview with policymakers. we will hear from the director of international -- he has testified before the subcommittee on human rights many times and before other house and senate forms. he served as human-rights monitor in many asian countries and bosnia, afghanistan and south africa. he has served as director of several refugee ships and camps. kumar holds a degree from pennsylvania law school and fought at university academy and human rights humanitarian. mr. kumar was a political visitor for five years in sri lanka for his human rights activities. he was adopted as a prisoner of conscience. he started his legal studies in prison and became an attorney and devoted his entire practice to defending political prisoners which is what he does now. w

radio liberty in washington at the center for transatlantic relations. one of the most prolific commentators on russia appearing regularly on sea and eight -- cnn.com the fox and bbchers. today's note to is on the record we will have a live the discussion and i hope you think of questions. wind called upon state your name and affiliation into a microphone. please join me to welcome vladimir kara-murza and dr. donald jensen. >> thank you very much. thank you to the atlantic council for holding this with the time the bench. i'll look forward to lively discussion. quote one of the social is the juxtaposition showing the inauguration ceremony washington d.c. 2009 with tens of thousands of people lining up the national mall. the second to in moscow 2012 the city center deserted no single person and insight with armed vehicles lining the streets. the tv pictures coming out on monday you may have seen in the russian capital looking apocalyptic. not a single person made in the motorcade but all central squares, streets, the crustaceans were shut down. outside the perimeter there were 20,000 troops and police birdieing that president elect. a centrally to think it is under

radio coast to coast. on xm channel 119 and streamed on the web and we welcome our viewers and listeners watching from great britain on the bbc parliament channel. danny is on the phone from wallingford, connecticut. good morning with representative virgil goode. independent candidate for the constitution party. go ahead, danny. caller: inform me a little bit about the u.s. commission on the presidential debates. it sounds like a government agency but it's actually run by the democrats and the republicans. and that's why they say you need 15% to get on the debates. my question is -- why do the republicans and democrats get free network time on all three major networks and exclude everybody else? i wouldn't say unconstitutional but it seems since these guys run their own debates under guides of the commission of presidential debates, it seems inherently unfair to the american public. host: thanks to the call much the parties aren't directly involved in the commission. you are right. the former chair of the republican party is now the co-chair of the commission and mike mccurry, former democratic press secretary is the other co

radio liberty to is currently in washington on the center for transatlantic relations. he is one of washington's most prolific and respected commentators on russia appearing regularly on cnn, fox, the news hour, bbcral other mechem organizations. today's event is on the record after opening remarks, don will lead weigel will be a lively discussion. i hope he will be thinking of questions. if you have one please get his attention and when called upon please state your name and affiliation. they might come around for the audience. without further ado please join me in welcoming vladimir and don johnson. >> thank you very much. one of the most popular features on russia's social networks in the last couple of days has been a collapse that the juxtaposition photographs, one, assuring the inauguration here in washington, d.c. in 2009 for the tens of thousands of people from the capitol to the lincoln memorial. the city's center not a single person of the interior troops. the pictures are coming out of moscow in the russian capital something apocalyptic there wasn't a single person from the government house to the kremlin. not just the the social squares and the nearby streets of the metro stations shu