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Rory Stewart

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Pointless stuff.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

And we got to the Garrison Chapel where Shoshana and Turquoise Mountain are doing this amazing exhibition, open to the public.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Please, anyone...

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

who's coming through London, have a look at it.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

And what it's showing is all the work of craftspeople, particularly women, making incredibly beautiful things in Afghanistan, in Myanmar, in Palestine, and in other countries around the world.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

And I love that because I was trying to work out why I felt happy in the evening.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

But I thought there were two things.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

I mean, one of them is, yes, I was changing my state with my endorphins.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

But secondly, it was the sense of being able to help in a small way with her exhibition, talk about her speech, and see all this beautiful stuff.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Now, the second thing, though, which is completely the other end, I went to see Hamnet over the weekend.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Have you seen Hamnet?

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

I have.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Hamnet?

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Yeah, Hamnet.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Yeah, I'm interested in your review.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

I'll give you mine.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

Well, basically, as the parent of a young boy,

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

I was in bits through most of it.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

I just couldn't handle the grief and the horror of this young boy dying.

The Rest Is Politics
500. Japan, China, and the Fight for Taiwan (Question Time)

But I also felt it was very, very powerful.