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Burgess at 100

Burgess and Criticism - Rhoda Koenig

An essay by Rhoda Koenig about writer Anthony Burgess.

• 15 mins

Burgess at 100

Burgess and Language - Kevin Jackson

An essay by Kevin Jackson about writer Anthony Burgess.

• 15 mins

Five Screen Goddesses

Katharine Hepburn

Author Sarah Churchwell explains how actress Katharine Hepburn inspired her.

• 15 mins

Five Screen Goddesses

Barbara Stanwyck

Sarah Churchwell discusses the work of actress Barbara Stanwyck.

• 15 mins

Five Screen Goddesses

Jean Harlow

Sarah Churchwell discusses the original 'blonde bombshell', actress Jean Harlow.

• 15 mins

Five Screen Goddesses

Joan Crawford

Sarah Churchwell discusses her affection for the work of Hollywood actress Joan Crawford.

• 15 mins

Five Screen Goddesses

Bette Davis

Author and broadcaster Sarah Churchwell discusses the work of actress Bette Davis.

• 14 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Monks, Models and Medieval Time

Seb Falk discusses the 14th-century monks who studied astronomy.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Alexander the Great's Lost City

The story of Alexander the Great's lost city, buried beneath Bagram air base, Afghanistan.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

In the Shadows of Biafra

New Generation Thinker Louisa Egbunike explores the legacy of the Biafran war.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

The British Writer and the Refugee

Katherine Cooper on the work by British writers to save colleagues in Europe during WWII.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Russia's Sacred Ruins

Victoria Donovan explores the dilemmas of post-war reconstruction in Soviet Russia.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Faith, Fire and the Family

Catherine Fletcher on the story of her grandfather, a missionary in India.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

The Magic Years

Medical historian Matthew Smith explores 1970s US psychiatry: a time of hope and promise.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

England's First European

Exploring Fynes Moryson's An Itinerary, a European travel book from the early 17th century

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Creating Modern India

Preti Taneja on the architectural links between Letchworth Garden City and New Delhi.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Killing Time in Imperial Japan

Christopher Harding discusses Tokyo in the early 20th century.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Enter the Peace Broker

Hew Strachan discusses Woodrow Wilson's journey from peace broker to belligerent in WWI.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Peace in the Land of the Soviets

Historian Hew Strachan explains how revolution precipitated peace in Bolshevik Russia.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Armistice

How independently brokered agreements slowly achieved a pause in hostilities in WWI.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

The World Comes to Paris

Military historian Hew Strachan on the Paris peace negotiations of 1919 and their legacy.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Peace in the Levant

Reflecting on how the First World War finally ended in 1923, when Turkey agreed terms.

• 15 mins

Hanging On

The Boating Pond

Andrew Martin celebrates the pastime of sailing model boats on ponds.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Ventriloquist Doll

Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Telephone

Author Andrew Martin explains his liking for traditional telephones.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Milkman

Author Andrew Martin discusses milkmen and their floats.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

Sex Shops

Author Andrew Martin discusses sex shops, especially those in London's Soho.

• 14 mins

Late Style: Paul Bailey

The novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade.

• 13 mins

Late Style: Diana Hendry

Writing age: thoughts on keeping going by Diana Hendry.

• 13 mins

Late Style: Douglas Dunn

Writing back the years: thoughts on poetry after retirement by Douglas Dunn.

• 13 mins