Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking - Edna O'Brien
Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation with Philip Dodd.
Free Thinking 鈥� Putin & Putinism. Salford Lads Club. 鈥楴o Platforming鈥�. Tribute to Philip French.
Matthew Sweet talks to Garry Kasparov, Stuart Maconie and Julie Bindel.
Free Thinking - Feature: Bamburgh Castle
Dr Alun Withey researches an 18th C healthcare scheme at Bamburg Castle in Northumberland
Free Thinking - Medical Surgery Past and Present
Anne McElvoy looks at healthcare past & present with New Generation Thinker Alun Withey
Free Thinking - Erica Jong. Richard Jones. Ben Bernanke
Erica Jong on her book "Fear of Dying". Richard Jones on staging The Hairy Ape
Free Thinking - Witch finding. Marina Warner.
Matthew Sweet and guests including Marina Warner consider the season of the witch.
Free Thinking - James Bond in Spectre. Nawal El Saadawi; Lord Browne.
The Egyptian feminist author Nawal El Saadawi on protest. Lord Browne on business.
Free Thinking - Home. Marilynne Robinson. Edwin Heathcote. Thomas Harding. Imtiaz Dharker
Marilynne Robinson, Edwin Heathcote, Thomas Harding, Imtiaz Dharker talk ideas of home
Free Thinking - Richard Mabey; Andrea Wulf on Humboldt; Stanley Nelson on The Black Panthers
Matthew Sweet with The Invention of Nature, The Cabaret of Plants, and The Black Panthers
Free Thinking - Meera Syal & Tanika Gupta In Conversation at Birmingham Rep
Meera Syal and Tanika Gupta discuss with Rana Mitter turning Anita and Me into a play.
