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The Verb: Free Thinking - Leonard Cohen

Free Thinking - Leonard Cohen

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The emotional language of Leonard Cohen: loneliness, longing, desire and celebration.

The Verb celebrates the emotional language of Leonard Cohen: loneliness, longing, desire and celebration, from the Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead.

The Verb celebrates the emotional language and range of singer-songwriter, novelist and poet Leonard Cohen. Ian McMillan is joined by guests including actor Kerry Shale (who takes on the persona of Cohen himself), philosopher Angie Hobbs, and musicians Paul Smith and Georgia Ruth to perform and explore Cohen’s work. They consider the way he helps us hold contradictory emotions, his celebration of vulnerability, and consider whether it's fair to call him a poet of 'despair'.


Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Faith Lawrence

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