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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Nick Payne's Incognito, Penny Dreadful on TV, Helen McCarthy and Baroness Neville-Jones on Female Diplomats

    Anne McElvoy talks about the brain to Nick Payne; Victorian Gothic on TV in Penny Dreadful

  2. Ivan Klima, the East-West divide in Europe, Science Fiction in Theatre

    Philip Dodd talks to Czech novelist Ivan Klima and asks if Europe always needs an East.

  3. Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki, Simon Armitage's version of The Iliad

    Matthew Sweet reviews Godzilla and The Wind Rises, plus Lily Cole in The Last Days of Troy

  4. Representing cities - in politics and plays

    Anne McElvoy looks at how cities are represented in politics and in theatre.

  5. Eleanor Marx, David Henry Hwang

    Philip Dodd meets playwright David Henry Hwang, plus Rachel Holmes discusses Eleanor Marx.

  6. Charles Kingsley's Water Babies, Edward St Aubyn

    Matthew Sweet discusses Charles Kingsley and is joined by writer Edward St Aubyn.

  7. Thom Gunn's Poetry, Michael Cunningham

    Samira Ahmed discusses the poems of Thom Gunn, who died in 2004.

  8. The Radiophonic Workshop

    Matthew Sweet meets members of the 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop.

  9. Eighteenth-Century Sexual Politics

    Philip Dodd explores the sexual mores of 18th-century England.

  10. Stealing Banksy? Vice Media, Chris Marker Profile

    Samira Ahmed asks who owns street art, and whether it should be up for sale.

  11. Dame Janet Suzman

    Actress and director Dame Janet Suzman is in extended conversation with Philip Dodd.

  12. 18th-Century Crime and Punishment

    Philip Dodd explores 18th-century attitudes to the law, crime and punishment.

  13. Mandeville's View of 18th-Century Economics

    Matthew Sweet on the lessons about finance outlined in Mandeville's Fable of the Bees.

  14. 18th-Century Power Politics

    With Anne McElvoy. Historians including Amanda Foreman on 18th-century monarchy and power.

  15. Are We Living Through a New 18th Century?

    Philip Dodd explores the parallels between the 18th-century London and now.

  16. Originality

    Nicholas Penny, Simon Stephens and Geoff Mulgan join Philip Dodd to discuss originality.

  17. Betty Balfour Profile, James Lovelock, Peter Buwalda

    Lucy Porter and Bryony Dixon profile silent film star Betty Balfour with Matthew Sweet.

  18. Is War Good for Us?

    Anne McElvoy explores the impact of war, Afghan elections and childhood violence.

  19. Orhan Pamuk

    Orhan Pamuk talks to Philip Dodd about his writing career and his views of modern Turkey.

  20. Policing: Fact and Fiction

    Matthew Sweet explores depictions of policing and corruption with playwright Roy Williams.

  21. Live at Southbank Centre: Contemporary Curating, World Thinkers, The Language of Peace

    With Anne McElvoy on displaying art and design, World Thinkers and the language of peace.

  22. Live at Southbank Centre: EM Forster

    South African novelist Damon Galgut joins Rana Mitter to discuss the career of EM Forster.

  23. Landmark: Seven Samurai

    Matthew Sweet and guests including Ian Christie and SF Said on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

  24. Live at Southbank Centre: A Charm Offensive

    Stephen Bayley, Rachel Johnson, AL Kennedy and Philip Dodd discuss what we mean by charm.

  25. Live at Southbank Centre: Childhood

    Frank Field MP joins Philip Dodd for a discussion about different aspects of childhood.

  26. Blithe Spirit, Strong Leadership and Military Intervention, Brain Surgery

    Samira Ahmed discusses Blithe Spirit, military intervention and brain surgery.

  27. Jonathan Lethem, Gary Shteyngart

    American authors Jonathan Lethem and Gary Shteyngart are in conversation with Samira Ahmed

  28. Riba: The Brits Who Built the Modern World

    From Riba, the architects whose work redefined the world's cities discuss their careers.

  29. David Grossman

    Matthew Sweet is in conversation with Israeli novelist David Grossman.

  30. Flora Thompson Biography, Ruins at Tate Britain, Ravel

    Richard Mabey discusses his biography of Flora Thompson, author of Lark Rise to Candleford

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