Love Those Shoes
The sounds of protest, popping champagne corks and the piercing shrieks of megabats. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.
The sounds of protest, popping champagne corks and the piercing shrieks of megabats. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.
Aleem Maqbool watches a confederate monument fall in America's south, and wonders what difference statues and symbols really make.
In Egypt, activists tell Orla Guerin that while previous leaders may have tried to restrict the space for civil society, President Sisi wants to eliminate it. They claim their strongman leader has been emboldened by Donald Trump who has praised his work - and his shoes.
In Australia, Phil Mercer finds that residents of Sydney are not too happy with their new neighbours. Megabats or flying-foxes fly in gothic squadrons, emit a piercing cacophony and leave behind a lingering stench.
In the shadow of towering glass and steel skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Rob Crossan has lunch in the traditional Malay village trying to resist the tides of gentrification and modernisation.
And Juliet Rix has a drink in France, as she meets the women shaking up the champagne industry.
Producer: Joe Kent.
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- Sat 3 Jun 2017 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4