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Hello everyone and welcome back to another review here on MOVIE Morning. Wes Anderson's latest film - The Phoenician Scheme - hit UK cinemas this past weekend and will have a slow international rollout over the next month or so. I am a bit of a Wes Anderson noob. I watched Fantastic Mr. Fox obsessively when I was younger and have seen The Grand Budapest Hotel but other than that, I don't have an exact recollection of whether I've seen any of his other movies. Because of the early release here, I thought I'd give The Phoenician Scheme a shot, especially because Anderson has such a passionate following and the plot description seemed interesting to me. Is it worth seeing at the cinema? Find out in this review!The Phoenician Scheem:Directed by: Wes AndersonStory by: Wes Anderson & Roman CoppolaScreenplay by: Wes AndersonProduced by: Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, John Peet, Steven RalesExecutive Producers: Roman Coppola, Henning MolfenterOriginal music by: Alexandre DesplatDirector of Photography: Bruno DelbonnelEdited by: Barney PillingCasting by: Douglas AibelProduction Design by: Adam StockhausenCostume Design by: Milena CanoneroCast: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Bill Murray, Willem DafoeSynopsis: The story of a family and a family business.
'Britain's relations with its neighbours and the EU: what has changed and what can change?' Britain's Labour Party came to power in early July. It was the UK's first change of government since Brexit and since the upheaval Britain's departure from the EU caused in relations with its European neighbours. In the coming edition of IIEA Insights, Daithí Ó Ceallaigh and John Peet will assess how Ireland-UK relations have changed and whether Northern Ireland's post-Brexit position in the EU single market for goods is permanently settled. Britain's other bilateral relationships with European countries and prospects for closer cooperation with the EU will also be examined. Daithí Ó Ceallaigh is a former Irish diplomat and chair of the IIEA's UK group. Among other rolls during his career he served as Ireland's ambassador to Finland and the UN in Geneva. He was also deeply involved in Ireland-UK relations, culminating in his appointment as ambassador to the UK in 2001. After his retirement from the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2009, he led the IIEA as Director General. John Peet is The Economist‘s political and Brexit editor. Over his decades-long career at the paper, he has held a range of senior positions, including Europe editor and business affairs editor. He also spent time in Brussels and Washington DC as the paper's correspondent. Before joining The Economist John was a civil servant.
John Peet tells us his story about starting as a bartender in Cincinnati, winding through LA, and ending up as the bar owner of Jane's Hideaway in Nashville. Crafting cocktails, running a music venue, and rescuing a beat up piano are just some of the tales (the ghost of Boots Randolph?) we'll hear on this episode. And check out his Friends of Jane playlist, featuring acts that have graced the Jane stage: https://open.spotify.com/user/shebmo
Photo: Afghan Border Police officers talk with local Afghans . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The row between Washington and London, again. John Peet @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/08/28/the-afghanistan-debacle-has-weakened-ties-between-britain-and-america?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e
Countries around the world are moving ahead with plans to partially emerge from lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus – concerned about the effect the lockdowns are having on their economies. Italy and Spain are easing the lockdowns after a decline in the death toll, while South Africa has announced a partial resumption of daily life beginning on the first of May. Some are calling for more caution, however. A prominent UK epidemiologist has said that lifting the lockdown in that country could mean 100,000 deaths by the end of the year. John Peet of the Economist assesses the argument between economics and public health. Elsewhere in the show, we’re looking at other ways communities and firms are adapting to the lockdowns. One luxury brand is handling the loss of physical retail sales by expanding online, and some tech firms in Taiwan and Denmark are developing vertical farming technologies to mitigate food supply chain disruption. We’ll also hear how Indian students are adapting to online education, and the independent economist Michael Hughes looks to the effect on prices that today’s fiscal response to the crisis might have.
John Peet, Political and Brexit Editor at The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of EU-UK relations as the official Brexit deadline looms.
John Peet, Political and Brexit Editor at The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of EU-UK relations as the official Brexit deadline looms.
Anne McElvoy, our senior editor, takes the temperature in a dramatic week in British politics with John Peet, The Economist’s Brexit editor, and Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, a proponent of a different way to solve the Brexit dilemma. They discuss Theresa May’s next moves, a Norway option and the possibility of a second referendum See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Anne McElvoy, our senior editor, takes the temperature in a dramatic week in British politics with John Peet, The Economist’s Brexit editor, and Labour MP Stephen Kinnock, a proponent of a different way to solve the Brexit dilemma. They discuss Theresa May’s next moves, a Norway option and the possibility of a second referendum See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Is 2018 the year the populist surge grinds to a halt? John Peet discusses the prospect of a softening Brexit; Hong Kong's Chief Executive discusses Chinese influence; racial issues in America go under the microscope. And: why has the circus lasted for 250 years? Also, a poem to cheer us through 2018. Anne McElvoy and Daniel Franklin host See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Our Brexit editor John Peet says Theresa May signals a hard Brexit, which would take Britain out of Europe's single market. We check back in with our Bello columnist following the vote against the peace deal in Colombia. And President Obama advises his successor on economic policy in this week's issue. Josie Delap hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Deputy editor Edward Carr hosts as John Peet looks at Britain's difficult negotiations with the EU, Noah Sneider examines Vladimir Putin's changing inner circle and Andrew Miller dives into a world of domestic violence and revenge: American country music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
John Peet, UK political editor of The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about David Cameron's options for negotiating a "new deal" for the UK within the EU
John Peet, UK political editor of The Economist, talks to Paul Adamson about David Cameron's options for negotiating a "new deal" for the UK within the EU
This podcast is actually two Media Network programmes rolled into one. We originated the show from Berlin on November 8th and 15th 1990, a year after the fall of the wall. I was keen to visit Radio Berlin International, the voice of the GDR, located in a former furniture factory on the Nalepastrasse. Because of its former owner, the building had huge empty hallways where the furniture was built and rather smaller offices alongside. The English section had mostly been dispanded by then, but there was familiar GDR propaganda material lying around in the office. If you want to understand more about the media situation in the GDR before the wall came down, check out the fabulous interview with Wolf Harranth who runs the radio documentation project in Vienna. Those videos are to found here http://www.vimeo.com/10320815 and http://www.vimeo.com/10320815 . What amazed me was realising that the RBI staff could see the wall from their office windows and that some of the presenters, like commentator John Peet, had gone across the wall the other way.