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Free Thinking Episodes

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    British New Wave Films of the '60s

    Matthew Sweet evaluates the legacy of the film company behind A Taste of Honey & The Knack

  3. New Research into the UK Women's Suffrage Movement

    Helen Pankhurst, Jane Robinson, Fern Riddell and others discuss women's suffrage.

  4. Landmark: The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

    Lara Feigel, David Aaronovitch, Melissa Benn, Xiaolu Guo, Matthew Sweet on Doris Lessing.

  5. A Sentimental Journey

    Sean Williams rereads Laurence Sterne's subjective travel book and talks to Philip Hensher

  6. What Lies Beneath; Neanderthal Cave Art to Fatbergs

    Francis Pryor, Paul Pettitt, Ruth Whitehouse; Sean Borodale; Sharon Robinson-Calver.

  7. How Big Should the State Be?

    David Willetts, Polly Toynbee, Simone Finn, Julia Black, Adrian Wooldridge + Anne McElvoy.

  8. The Joy of Bureaucracy

    Matthew Sweet with guests including Lord Butler, Andre Spicer and Eliane Glaser.

  9. Steven Pinker on Progress

    Steven Pinker explains to Philip Dodd why we should ignore headlines + be more optimistic.

  10. Napoleon in Fact and Fiction

    Anne McElvoy looks at Napoleon impersonators, ballads and what if he didn't die in exile?

  11. Reflecting Rural Life

    Film maker Clio Barnard and novelist Amanda Craig on rural life. Matthew Sweet presents.

  12. Mark Dion; Colour, Insects, Virginia Woolf

    Anne McElvoy meets artist Mark Dion and biologist Menno Schilthuizen.

  13. Michael Ignatieff and Central Europe

    Philip Dodd talks to Michael Ignatieff about the political landscape of central Europe.

  14. Tariq Ali

    Rana Mitter talks to Tariq Ali, novelist, historian and political activist.

  15. Celebrating Buchi Emecheta

    Shahidha Bari leads a discussion of Nigerian-born novelist Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017).

  16. Landmark: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    A Landmark edition in which Philip Dodd and guests examine The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

  17. Trade, Davos, Ocean travel and Mermaids.

    Anne McElvoy on Davos discussions, Ocean liner style at the V&A and mermaids in fiction.

  18. The Working Class in Culture

    Philip Dodd and guests ask has culture forgotten the working class?

  19. Burns the Radical; Exploration

    Humboldt as Ecuadorian explorer, plus the territory between Scotland and England.

  20. Royalty, art and patronage

    Craig Brown, Afua Hirsch, Joe Moshenska and Philip Dodd discuss Charles I's art.

  21. Oscar Contenders, Movie Moguls and Silent Film Stars

    Matthew Sweet looks at the films nominated for the 2018 Academy Awards.

  22. Frankenstein and AI now

    Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H.Guston with Matthew Sweet.

  23. French writing and politics

    Leila Slimani, President Macron's champion of French culture and language, is interviewed.

  24. Australian novelist Peter Carey

    Peter Carey talks to Rana Mitter about race and racing, on the subject of his latest novel

  25. Counterculture and Protest

    Matthew Sweet with Paul Hartnoll, Tony White, Tessa DeCarlo and Paul Cronin on uprisings.

  26. The In Between

    Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough considers airport lounges railway stations and liminal spaces

  27. Landmark: The Odyssey

    Amit Chaudhuri, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Daniel Mendelsohn and Emily Wilson join Philip Dodd.

  28. Diving Deep

    Diving as metaphor, occupation and study from Tudor times to the present.

  29. The Invention of the Circus Ring

    Matthew Sweet looks at the career of impresario Philip Astley and 250 years of the circus.

  30. Rethinking Tradition

    Roger Scruton, Kevin Davey, Kirsty Gunn & Haroon Mirza on tradition & experiment.

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