bbc radio 3.
leonard audio segment linked - click bottom right of page for full programme audio.
Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands tells Michael Berkeley that when the world seems like a dark place, he listens to Leonard Cohen’s 'Anthem'
he said he went multiple times to leonard's concerts in london.
he can be heard on soundtrack of album shouting his appreciation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04py66b
anthem - leonard's music gives me hope says lawyer philippe sands - private passions
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Re: anthem - leonard's music gives me hope says lawyer philippe sands - private passions
philippe sands - times literary supplement.
What author or book do you think is most underrated? And why?
Leonard Cohen. Not a spare word written, spoken or sung. Confidently self-deprecating, expressively individualistic, opening of the imagination, humorous.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/publ ... ippe-sands
What author or book do you think is most underrated? And why?
Leonard Cohen. Not a spare word written, spoken or sung. Confidently self-deprecating, expressively individualistic, opening of the imagination, humorous.
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/publ ... ippe-sands
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philippe sands - waitrose magazine
philippe sands picks his favourite books (in current issue of waitrose magazine).
the world of yesterday - stefan zweig
dark money - jane mayer
just kids - patti smith
the return - hisham matar
and last but by no means least :
book of longing by leonard cohen
philippe says :
over three decades, not a day has passed in which i have not listened to, read or thought about leonard who died last year and remains a guiding spirit.
who could forget his words : "i'm good at love, i'm good at hate, it's inbetween i freeze".
the world of yesterday - stefan zweig
dark money - jane mayer
just kids - patti smith
the return - hisham matar
and last but by no means least :
book of longing by leonard cohen
philippe says :
over three decades, not a day has passed in which i have not listened to, read or thought about leonard who died last year and remains a guiding spirit.
who could forget his words : "i'm good at love, i'm good at hate, it's inbetween i freeze".