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North East Free Thinkers

Gertrude Bell

Kitty Fitzgerald on the life of Gertrude Bell, author of the 1921 map of modern Iraq.

• 15 mins

North East Free Thinkers

William Armstrong

Henrietta Heald on the achievements of inventor and industrialist William Armstrong.

• 15 mins

North East Free Thinkers

Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society

Poet Sean O'Brien on Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society or Lit and Phil.

• 15 mins

North East Free Thinkers

Audience Choice

Why the medieval monk the Venerable Bede is the great Free Thinker of the North East.

• 15 mins

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill

Artist Antony Gormley discusses Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill sculpture.

• 15 mins

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Brancusi's Endless Column

Artist Antony Gormley explores Brancusi's 100-foot tall Endless Column.

• 15 mins

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Giacometti's La Place

Artist Antony Gormley explores Alberto Giacometti's sculpture La Place.

• 15 mins

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Joseph Beuys' Plight

Artist Antony Gormley explores Joseph Beuys' 1985 installation Plight.

• 15 mins

Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture

Richard Serra's The Matter of Time

Antony Gormley explores the impact of sculptor Richard Serra's work The Matter of Time.

• 15 mins

The Age of Creativity

Colin Shindler

Screenwriter Colin Shindler explores the effect of ageing on his creativity.

• 15 mins

The Age of Creativity

Tess Jaray

Abstract painter Tess Jaray explores the effect of the ageing process on her creativity.

• 15 mins

The Age of Creativity

Frances Fyfield

Crime writer Frances Fyfield explores the way the ageing process affects creative artists.

• 15 mins

The Age of Creativity

Maureen Duffy

Writer Maureen Duffy explores the effect the ageing process has had on her creativity.

• 15 mins

The Age of Creativity

Francis Pott

Composer Francis Pott explores the effect of the ageing process on creative artists.

• 15 mins

The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel

The World

James Wood on the novelistic technique of having characters walking along city streets.

• 15 mins

The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel

Thought

James Wood explores how thought has been represented on the printed page over the years.

• 15 mins

The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel

Speech

Critic James Wood explores what writers do with dialogue in novels.

• 15 mins

The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel

The Self

James Wood explores the meaning of self in fiction.

• 15 mins

The Life Cycle of a Fictional Character - An Alternative History of the Novel

Death

Critic James Wood explores how the novel deals with death.

• 15 mins

The Team Photo

Stella Rimington

Stella Rimington, former director-general of MI5, considers a team photo from her past.

• 15 mins

The Team Photo

Hisham Matar

Novelist Hisham Matar considers a team photo from his childhood in Libya.

• 15 mins

The Team Photo

Eva Salzman

Poet and former dancer Eva Salzman considers a team photo from her past.

• 15 mins

The Team Photo

Farahad Zama

Writer and City-based IT director Farahad Zama considers a team photo from his past.

• 15 mins

The Team Photo

Horatio Clare

Writer Horatio Clare considers a team photo from his time as a member of a lifeboat crew.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

Japan

Stephen Gill explores the complex feelings that the Japanese have for Mount Ogura.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

China

Howard Zhang on the sacred mountains of China and what these mean to the Chinese today.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

Slovenia

Matej Zatonjsek explains the deep feeling the people of Slovenia have for their mountains.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

Scotland

Poet Kenneth Steven considers the relationship of the Scots to their mountains.

• 15 mins

Meanings of Mountains

Peru

Javier Lizarzaburu on the Inca shrine of Pariacaca and what the mountain means today.

• 15 mins

Listener, They Wore It

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier on the fate of some sparkling stones in de Maupassant's The Necklace.

• 15 mins