Meet the artist who describes his own work as 'terrible', but has been getting commissions from around the world. Also: the strip performer entertaining the elderly, and the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose IIPresenter: Alan Smith. Music composed by Iona Hampson
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This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service.
I'm Alan Smith and it's great to be with you for half an hour or so of uplifting stories from around the world.
In this edition... It's creating a lot of laughter for us as a family with me doing them, but also when people are receiving them, they're just so ridiculous that people are just really enjoying it for what it is.
We meet the artist who's creating what he says are terrible paintings, but that hasn't stopped him from getting commissions from all over the world. We'll find out why. Also... The most lines that I hear is, I feel young again, you've helped me relive my youth. The care home worker turns strip performer who's been entertaining some elderly fans.
The man who's using his experience as a child refugee to design robots to help vulnerable youngsters.
I stayed in my room and was coding like crazy and that inspired me to seek an education in computer science. Despite my parents' guidance, that was, you're going to become a doctor like most immigrants.
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