Free Thinking Episodes Episode guide
-
![]()
David Hare
David Hare discusses his career in playwriting and his memoirs with Matthew Sweet.
-
![]()
Margaret Atwood, Yuval Harari, Celts
With novelist Margaret Atwood, exploring the history of mankind and an exhibition on Celts
-
![]()
Edmund de Waal, Orhan Pamuk
Ceramicist Edmund de Waal and author Orhan Pamuk are in conversation with Philip Dodd.
-
![]()
Autism, The Financial Crisis, The Fallen Woman
Steve Silberman on autism, Gillian Tett on silos and Lynda Nead on 'fallen women'.
-
![]()
Everything You Never Knew About Indian History
Rana Mitter explores new research into India in the Second World War and the British Raj.
-
![]()
Frederick Forsyth, Emotion in Art
Presented by Matthew Sweet. With novelist Frederick Forsyth and a discussion on emotions.
-
![]()
William Kentridge, William Boyd, Photography
South African artist William Kentridge and novelist William Boyd talk to Philip Dodd.
-
![]()
Chalke Valley History Festival: Heroism v Failure
David Starkey, Amanda Foreman and Saul David debate heroism and failure in history.
-
![]()
Slung Low's Camelot, Penny Woolcock, Bryan Stevenson, Go Set a Watchman
Philip Dodd on Camelot: The Shining City in Sheffield. Plus a review of the new Harper Lee
-
![]()
French Thought, Thomas the Rhymer
Anne McElvoy discusses French intellectual traditions with Sudhir Hazareesingh.
-
![]()
Law, Language and Legal Aid. Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr
Philip Dodd discusses law and language and reviews a new play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
-
![]()
Landmark - Jaws: Sharks and Whales
Matthew Sweet discusses the film Jaws with writer Will Self and shark expert Gareth Fraser
-
![]()
Pather Panchali, Sunjeev Sahota, Invalidism
Rana Mitter discusses Pather Panchali with Tariq Ali and talks to novelist Sunjeev Sahota.
-
![]()
2015 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Debate
Anne McElvoy chairs the 2015 Museum of the Year directors' debate at Tate Modern in London
-
![]()
Touch and Emotion, Siobhan Davies, Public
Philip Dodd on the links between dance, art and the brain. Plus the meaning of 'public'.
-
![]()
Spy Fiction, Worrying, Joseph Cornell
AL Kennedy, Virginia Ironside and Francis O'Gorman discuss worrying in literature and life
-
![]()
Tales of Scotland: A Nation and its Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to Janice Galloway about explorations of Scottishness.
-
![]()
Community, The Amber Collective, Poet Claudia Rankine
Philip Dodd discusses community with Toby Young and looks at historic images of Newcastle.
-
![]()
Political and Bardic Traditions in Wales
Matthew Sweet examines Welsh politics and poetry with Gwyneth Lewis and Iain Sinclair.
-
![]()
Muriel Spark, Digital Life, Diversity in British Poetry
New Generation Thinker Laurence Scott talks to Rana Mitter about living in a digital world
-
![]()
Jonathan Sacks, Milan Kundera Novel, Stephen Adly Guirgis Play
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks talks to Philip Dodd about confronting religious violence.
-
![]()
John Boorman
Director John Boorman talks about his film-making career with Matthew Sweet.
-
![]()
Fighting Art, Othello at the RSC, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Anne McElvoy on a new history painting exhibition at Tate Britain. Plus a new Othello.
-
![]()
Landmark: Saul Bellow's Herzog
Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell discuss Saul Bellow's novel Herzog.
-
![]()
Fairgrounds and Freaks, Carsten Holler
Matthew Sweet explores Carsten Holler's art and discusses the idea of the 'freak'.
-
![]()
Susan Abulhawa, Napoleon, Eugenia Cheng on Maths
Dr Eugenia Cheng discusses maths and playing the piano with Anne McElvoy.
-
![]()
Kate Grenville
Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Kate Grenville, who talks about her new book.
-
![]()
Johanna Hamilton on 1971, Male Friendships: Steve Toltz, AD Miller, Richard Bean
Playwright Richard Bean joins Matthew Sweet to discuss male friendships.
-
![]()
New Generation Thinkers 2015 Launch at the Hay Festival
Rana Mitter introduces the 2015 New Generation Thinkers.
-
![]()
Hay Festival: David Brooks, Azar Nafisi, Tom Holland
Rana Mitter and guests Azar Nafisi, David Brooks and Tom Holland discuss humility.
