Coldplay and Leonard Cohen albums, Norman Cornish, Roy Chubby Brown controversy
Stig discusses the new albums from Coldplay and the late Leonard Cohen. Plus Middlesbrough's row over the comedian Roy Chubby Brown.
Coldplay's new album Everyday Life is released today after a performance at sunrise in Jordan this morning. Also out is Leonard Cohen's posthumous album Thanks for the Dance, completed by his son Adam. Kieran Yates reviews.
The controversial comedian Roy Chubby Brown is at the centre of a row in Middlesbrough, as Mayor Andy Preston has sanctioned the booking of the entertainer and the Head of the Town Hall Lorna Fulton resigns, reportedly in protest. Stig is joined by Andy Preston and Philip Bernays, chief exec of Newcastle's Theatre Royal Trust, who banned the comedian from the City Hall last year.
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of the County Durham artist and miner Norman Cornish, the Bowes Museum is holding the first major retrospective of his work, including his drawings of mining community life. William Feaver, who has written about 鈥榩itmen painters鈥�, discusses his art and career.
This week literary agent Clare Alexander and publisher John Mitchinson have been reflecting on aspects of how the publishing industry works from the power of Amazon to the boom in independent publishing. In their final discussion they consider the changes and challenges that lie ahead.
Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Timothy Prosser
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Norman Cornish
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Greenfield Arts Centre, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham until 11 December 2019
Gallery North, University of Northumbria, Newcastle until 20 December 2019
The Mining Art Gallery, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham听until 05 January 2020
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham until 23 February 2020
The Palace Green Library, Durham University until 23 February 2020
The Bob Abley Art Gallery, Spennymoor, Co. Durham until 28 February 2020
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Coldplay
Everyday Life by is out now, as is their double A-sided single Orphans/Arabesque.
They are performing a one-off gig at the Natural History Museum, London on 25 November 2019.
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Main image above: Coldplay
Image to the left: Coldplay performing in 2016.
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen's album听Thanks for the Dance is out now.
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Image credit: Courtesy of Adam Cohen
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