hello, i'm john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leadinggures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who over a 30 year career is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time, becoming the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. having retired from the classical stage, he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. welcome. let's start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community. it was a good time for cuba — anybody could participate, do everything that society offers.

i'm john wilson and my guest is grammy—winning musician evelyn glennie, the world's leading solo percussionistshe became profoundly deaf as a child and was drawn to percussion because, as she says, she could feel the sound. we met in a radio studio in bbc broadcasting house. evelyn, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. you grew up in rural aberdeenshire. afarming family. was it also a musical household? my father could... he couldn't actually read music but he had a very good ear and he really liked traditional scottish music, and, for some reason, in those days even farms had a piano. most households had a piano, an upright piano, and we were no exception. and so he would just sit down and play scottish traditional music. and of course he left school at the age of 1a and immediately started working on farms, and he was the youngest of 13. my mother, on the other hand, she could read music, but she didn't have a very good ear, so in a way it was the opposite. and i remember when she told the story whereby she was asked to play in the village, or if she would help out for the village churc

i'm john wilson and my guest is grammy—winning musician evelyn glennie, the world's leading solo percussioniste met in a radio studio in bbc broadcasting house. evelyn, welcome to this cultural life. thank you. you grew up in rural aberdeenshire. afarming family. was it also a musical household? my father could... he couldn't actually read music but he had a very good ear and he really liked traditional scottish music, and, for some reason, in those days, even farms had a piano. most households had a piano, an upright piano,

would like to divulge couple of questions about your previous group you know steve schmidt and rick wilson johnver was sarah under harassment bullies in the two reverently anti- trump, prozac was met in pro well bush era you know in your wife congratulations to her, she dug when nobody else on the first campaign manager to give somebody elected mr. trump, is a good president. and all he done was something of a in the republican and democrats and bureaucrats like he wants to do all viral be civil services they are unelected bureaucrats and 99 percent of them are democrat lane grant ideal ologies pretty did not want will trump was president, 20 so-called god these classified give him is inviting have classified documents and he was not president to point george holly just jump in. >> wealth the reason why donald trump has been indicted classified documents is that the two of them intentionally any talk tons and tons of boxes of the many many boxes and he knew that he had them. when the national archive came to ask the back, he basically stiffed them and lied to them. his lawyers t like them and t

on favorite books robert wilson's cosmic trigger. john kennedy toole pulitzer prize winner confederacy. lewis mumford, techniques and civilization. the torah. virginia woolf to the lighthouse, and ain terms of wht he's calmly reading, and times, and breaking together. which one or two of those books you want to talk about in the context of this discussion we d are having today? >> guest: well, i really talked about that so we got one out of thebo way. robert wilson's cosmic trigger is a really interesting one. with respect to the last conversation we were having. because what he was a great kind of counterculture writer and prankster and trickster. he was responsible for partly responsible for the church of discord you where every member is a a pope. it was sort of the early 1960s style of intentional disinformation that was being used to kind of promote that abbie hoffman radical hippie psychology. at about this book cosmic trigger and what he's arguing is that not that everything is true but the we can all hold multiple perspectives at

the dam and blocked progress for years but in 1913, congressman john from money george would clear the way. signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. >> for a century now, this dam in a national park brought fresh water to the san francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. >> this will is the moment. it's made possible [music] so, can you tell us what it was like for you during your first encounter with the san francisco fire department? >> yep. it was super cool! i got to learn about the dry standing pipe correction. it is actually called, dry sand piper just s

the dam and blocked progress for years but in 1913, congressman john from money george would clear the way. signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. >> for a century now, this dam in a national park brought fresh water to the san francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. >> this will is the moment. it's made possible the board of directors and parking authority commission. good afternoon directors, staff and members of the public. we thank you for joining us. this meeting is being held in hybrid format, occurring in person at city hall, room 400 broadcast live

that is all wilson's vision and he got it from the europeans. >> john, you talked about we wrote this book with your co-author. who is he? prof. yoo: he is a retired professor from st. thomas law school. i worked with him when i met him at the justice department years ago. we collaborated on many things and this was the first book i wrote. i like to write books with people. i think it is fun. i think it makes your ideas better. >> how long have you been teaching at uc berkeley? prof. yoo: this is embarrassing. it is my 30th year. i started in 1993 as a 26-year-old. [laughter] i do if i could get a job, i am never leaving. >> what do you teach? prof. yoo: a wide variety of classes, constitutional law, separation of powers, federalism. i also teach courses related to national security, foreign policy. i also sometimes teach things about political philosophy, political theory like natural law. i am allowed at berkeley thankfully to be teaching. itar strategy in law for the first time last year. the first four students who joined me on that voyage. >> ideologically, do you fit at uc berke

the dam and blocked progress for years but in 1913, congressman john from money george would clear the way. signed by president wood row wilson, it created a relationship between yosemite national park and the city of san francisco that continues to this day. >> take them to the -- it's an imperative for collaboration with the national park service and the forest service for our ongoing work as well as maintenance projects and capital improvement projects. >> we have a strong partnership with the national park service aimed at protection of the watershed, it's for the natural values for it, and wilderness area for the park service and protection of water quality. >> for a century now, this dam in a national park brought fresh water to the san francisco bay area which shared stewardship, it will continue to do so for generations to come. >> this will is the moment. it's made possible >> shared spaces have transformed san francisco's adjacent sidewalks, local business communities are more resilient and their neighborhood centers are more vibrant and mildly. sidewalks and parking lanes can be used for outdoor seating, dining, me

gary wilson came from frames to two down to beat china's zhouyuelong 6—5 in the scottish 0pen semifinals in edinburgh. the englishman will play the winner of the other semi between home hope johnthe lead in the second round match but the 2021 semifinalist showed his experience to reach the next round. in one of the big races of the day at cheltenham, 15—8 favourite shana—bob stayed on well to take the albert bartlett novices' hurdle. destroy the evidence finished second, with moon d'0range coming home in third. latertonight, birmingham born leon edwards defends his ufc welterweight title for the second time against colby covington is a former interim welterweight champion, but his controversial comments about edwards' late father on thursday has marred the build—up. head of the clash, here is the british fighter talking about his preparations and chances of success. she is him walking and confirms it all. me going out there no. and beaton colby covington, i want to stop him, i feel it would cement me, taking note i will keep running i ran. i’m feel it would cement me, taking note i will keep running i ran.— i will keep running i ran. i'm colby covington. — i will keep running

john. i feel a tremendous sense gratitude by my sense of gratitude issued by my father. you even the in father. you know, even in the in the 60s, you know, harold wilsons act . actually, it was in the, uh act. actually, it was in the, uh , that was in the 70s, but there was progressive legislation that's why i stood for parliament. i stood for labour. i thought that this was a really wonderful thing to do, stand in 2001 ago, thousands , 2001 years ago, thousands, millions of white people have wanted the right thing and wanted to do the right thing and have marched and of camp and, and a place and i think we've got to a place now where if anybody said , as now where if anybody said, as they used to say to me, you know, with brown skin, that you're in slightly inferior , you you're in slightly inferior, you have congenital defect have a genetic congenital defect relative what? no one says that. >> now, i'm very proud that you're able to think that that we've these strides in we've made these strides in england . britain. sorry england. britain. sorry >> undoubtedly we have undoubtedly . undoubtedly. >> that's . good that's good. >> that's. good that's g