Cox joins Latitude line-up

POP star turned science superstar Brian Cox is bringing his BBC Radio 4 science and comedy show “The Infinite Monkey Cage” to a festival for the first time this summer.

The nation’s coolest physicist, from Chadderton, is on the bill for the Latitude festival this summer — headlined by Paul Weller, Elbow and classical star Lang Lang. Tickets for the festival, held in Suffolk from July 12-July 15, went on sale on Monday. See www.latitudefestival.co.uk for information.