Jazz singer Georgia Cecile, the controversy surrounding Barcelona鈥檚 La Sagrada Fam铆lia
The theatre company getting funding from the Northumbrian police and crime commissioner and Jazz singer Georgia Cecile performs live in the Front Row studio.
Plans to finish Barcelona鈥檚 famous church, La Sagrada Fam铆lia, have been causing controversy as they involve demolishing apartment blocks to make way for the new entrance. Journalist Guy Hedgecoe, who reports on Spain for the 成人论坛, and the Twentieth Century Society鈥檚 director, Catherine Croft, discuss the issues raised as the completion of the emblematic building draws near.
Singer Georgia Cecile topped the Jazz charts with her latest album, Sure of You. She joins Samira Ahmed to perform live in the Front Row studio and discuss the resurgence of Jazz.
The Northumbrian police and crime commissioner has redirected some of the proceeds of crime into the arts. Bex Lindsey reports on how Tyneside based theatre company Workie Ticket are using the funding from 鈥淥peration Payback鈥 to create productions with social impact.
And Front Row remembers the actor and director Murray Melvin, best known for his role in Shelagh Delaney鈥檚 A Taste of Honey, who has died aged 90.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Paul Waters
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