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Front Row: John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Tracey Emin

John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Tracey Emin

07/10/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Tracey Emin

Arts news with John Wilson, including John Cleese on his memoir So Anyway.

John Cleese on his memoir So Anyway, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran discusses songwriting as revenge, and Tracey Emin on why she thinks motherhood and an art career are incompatible.

In tonight's Front Row, John Cleese talks to John Wilson about his memoir, So, Anyway - an account of the influences that shaped his comedy - and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran considers song-writing as revenge and explains why so many of his lyrics are about drinking.

Also in the programme, Tracey Emin makes it clear why she feels motherhood and a career as an artist are incompatible.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Rebecca Nicholson.

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