I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism.

In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero?

Simply doing your job, being a decent human being.

A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by

their own light and that light is to be recognised by others. The long history of heroism with me,

Rory Stewart. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

Wake up to Money from BBC Five Live. Hello. Welcome. BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.

Hello, welcome to Wake Up to Money.

The chip-making giant Nvidia sees revenues rocket.

So why hasn't the share price followed?

We'll find out.

Then it's the dreaded back-to-school planning for parts of the UK with parents facing the annual

big bill for school uniforms. We'll hear how much it typically costs. Also this morning,

We will be finding out why tourists are in fact turning away from Sin City.

Wake Up to Money with Felicity Hannah.

Good morning. Welcome to Wake Up to Money. It's Thursday the 28th of August. It's four minutes past five.

And yes, kids in much of the UK are in those final days of the summer break. And

for my family, anyway, this is traditionally when the days out stop and the uniform shopping,

the haircuts, all that kind of back-to-school admin begins. I mean, that's for England, Wales and

Northern Ireland, of course. Scotland has

already been back long enough to scuff their new shoes and lose their pencil cases. But we're

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