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Northern Lights: Joanne Harris on the Norse God Loki
Joanne Harris and Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough discuss the god Loki and Norse beliefs.
Rule-Making and Rule-Breaking for Women and Men
Sheila Hancock, Neil Bartlett, Bim Adewunmi and headteacher Jonny Mitchell debate rules.
Breathalysing Britain: Free Spirits Or a Drain on Society?
David Yelland, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, Sally Marlow and Barry Smith discuss alcohol.
The Family Is Dead! Long Live The Family!
Writers Anne Fine and Tobias Jones and Prof Sarah Cunningham-Burley discuss family life.
Landmark: Angela Carter
Philip Dodd explores the writing and legacy of Angela Carter.
New Generation Thinkers: Sculpture and Seduction in the 18th Century—The Free Thinking Essay
10/10 Danielle Thom explores the links between bawdy prints and classical sculpture.
New Generation Thinkers: Jews in Occupied France - Co-existence with the Enemy?—The Free Thinking Essay
9/10 Daniel Lee revisits Vichy France to uncover a different history of Jewish life there.
Work Available: No Humans Need Apply
Paul Mason, Lucy Armstrong and Richard and Daniel Susskind debate the future of work.
New Generation Thinkers: Beer and the British Empire—The Free Thinking Essay
8/10 Sam Goodman explores the way beer was used as both beverage and medicine in colonial India
Stage Directions: Juliet Stevenson and Natalie Abrahami in Conversation
Matthew Sweet chairs a debate asking how easy it is to break rules in the theatre.
