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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Martin Amis in Conversation at the 大象传媒 Proms

    Author Martin Amis discusses his writing with Philip Dodd.

  2. Lenny Henry in Conversation at Birmingham Rep

    Lenny Henry talks to Matthew Sweet in front of an audience at Birmingham Rep.

  3. The Battle of Culloden, Outlander, Peter Watkins

    Matthew Sweet with Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon, historian Tom Devine and John Cook.

  4. City of London Festival Debate

    Anne McElvoy, her panel and audience debate the influence of emotion on the money markets.

  5. Kenyan Authors Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Billy Kahora

    Philip Dodd discusses Kenya past and present with Billy Kahora and Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

  6. Animals and Anthropomorphism, Nadine Gordimer Tribute, Prison

    Matthew Sweet discusses prisons and anthropomorphism.

  7. Virginia Woolf Portraits, Richard Flanagan, Medical History, The Security Services in Fiction

    With Anne McElvoy. Virginia Woolf portraits, Richard Flanagan's new book and spy novels.

  8. The History of Pain, Martin Freeman as Richard III, Animal Rights

    With Philip Dodd. Includes Richard III, medical attitudes to pain and animal rights.

  9. Boyhood, Cory Arcangel, The Digital Age

    Matthew Sweet presents. Toby Litt reviews Boyhood and Cory Arcangel on digital art.

  10. Oh What a Lovely Savas

    Rana Mitter discusses the roles of Turkey, India, China and Japan in World War I.

  11. Yael Farber, Liberalism

    Philip Dodd explores Liberal ideas past and present and talks to director Yael Farber.

  12. Wood and Trees: War and Remembrance

    From Paul Nash paintings to commemorative planting: Samira Ahmed on woods in war and peace

  13. Balancing Power in World War I and Now

    Anne McElvoy, Margaret MacMillan and Jonathan Powell explore the Great Powers in WWI.

  14. Barbara Kruger, Laurie Penny, The Minds of Molecules

    Samira Ahmed talks to American artist Barbara Kruger and journalist Laurie Penny.

  15. Landmark: The Thirty-Nine Steps and World War I

    Matthew Sweet discusses WWI, empire and adventure in John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps.

  16. Libertarianism, Trevor Paglen and Surveillance, Civil War Ranters

    Anne McElvoy presents. Including Ranters, libertarianism, Trevor Paglen and Naomi Paxton.

  17. Colour: Sean Scully, Jamie Ward, Caroline Cox

    Philip Dodd talks to artist Sean Scully and reflects on the way colour is perceived.

  18. Radical Bookshops, Philip Hensher

    Matthew Sweet with Philip Hensher and poets Linton Kwesi Johnson and Anthony Joseph.

  19. Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer, Mr Burns

    Eimear McBride and Nathan Filer join Anne McElvoy to discuss literary experimentation.

  20. The Figure in Arts and Science, Julian Baggini, Ziauddin Sardar on community

    Philip Dodd discusses the human body in art and scientific research.

  21. Belle, Fathers and Sons, Globalisation and the Environment, 'Proper' Libraries

    With Matthew Sweet. Includes Belle, Fathers and Sons, globalisation and a 'proper' library

  22. Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and the Future of Arts Broadcasting

    Philip Dodd chairs a debate about arts broadcasting past and present.

  23. Tiananmen Square and Modern China

    Rana Mitter discusses modern China and the anniversary of uprisings in Tiananmen Square.

  24. Sir Terry Farrell, London's Skyline, Joshua Ferris

    Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist Joshua Ferris. Plus how high should London build?

  25. Arianna Huffington, Stress in Business, Zia Haider Rahman, Maya Angelou Tribute

    Arianna Huffington talks to Anne McElvoy about measuring success using 'The Third Metric'.

  26. Hay Festival: PJ O'Rourke, Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner

    PJ O'Rourke and writers of Freakonomics join Rana Mitter at the 2015 Hay Festival.

  27. Cities, Export of Empire, India's New Story

    Rana Mitter and Tristram Hunt on how Britain's empire gave shape to today's global cities.

  28. Essay writing, Tim Winton

    Anne McElvoy looks at the resurgence of non-fiction writing and the essay as a form.

  29. Writers and their notebooks

    Lawrence Norfolk, AS Byatt, Wendy Cope, Bidisha and David Mitchell on writers' notebooks.

  30. John Clare, Jimmy Wales and the Right to be Forgotten, Borowczyk Retrospective

    Iain Sinclair talks to Matthew Sweet about a walk to mark John Clare's death 150 years ago

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