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Free Thinking Episodes

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    Frederick Forsyth, Emotion in Art

    Presented by Matthew Sweet. With novelist Frederick Forsyth and a discussion on emotions.

  2. William Kentridge, William Boyd, Photography

    South African artist William Kentridge and novelist William Boyd talk to Philip Dodd.

  3. Chalke Valley History Festival: Heroism v Failure

    David Starkey, Amanda Foreman and Saul David debate heroism and failure in history.

  4. Slung Low's Camelot, Penny Woolcock, Bryan Stevenson, Go Set a Watchman

    Philip Dodd on Camelot: The Shining City in Sheffield. Plus a review of the new Harper Lee

  5. French Thought, Thomas the Rhymer

    Anne McElvoy discusses French intellectual traditions with Sudhir Hazareesingh.

  6. Law, Language and Legal Aid. Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr

    Philip Dodd discusses law and language and reviews a new play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

  7. Landmark - Jaws: Sharks and Whales

    Matthew Sweet discusses the film Jaws with writer Will Self and shark expert Gareth Fraser

  8. Pather Panchali, Sunjeev Sahota, Invalidism

    Rana Mitter discusses Pather Panchali with Tariq Ali and talks to novelist Sunjeev Sahota.

  9. 2015 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Debate

    Anne McElvoy chairs the 2015 Museum of the Year directors' debate at Tate Modern in London

  10. Touch and Emotion, Siobhan Davies, Public

    Philip Dodd on the links between dance, art and the brain. Plus the meaning of 'public'.

  11. Spy Fiction, Worrying, Joseph Cornell

    AL Kennedy, Virginia Ironside and Francis O'Gorman discuss worrying in literature and life

  12. Tales of Scotland: A Nation and its Literature

    Anne McElvoy talks to Janice Galloway about explorations of Scottishness.

  13. Community, The Amber Collective, Poet Claudia Rankine

    Philip Dodd discusses community with Toby Young and looks at historic images of Newcastle.

  14. Political and Bardic Traditions in Wales

    Matthew Sweet examines Welsh politics and poetry with Gwyneth Lewis and Iain Sinclair.

  15. Muriel Spark, Digital Life, Diversity in British Poetry

    New Generation Thinker Laurence Scott talks to Rana Mitter about living in a digital world

  16. Jonathan Sacks, Milan Kundera Novel, Stephen Adly Guirgis Play

    Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks talks to Philip Dodd about confronting religious violence.

  17. John Boorman

    Director John Boorman talks about his film-making career with Matthew Sweet.

  18. Fighting Art, Othello at the RSC, Hans Magnus Enzensberger

    Anne McElvoy on a new history painting exhibition at Tate Britain. Plus a new Othello.

  19. Landmark: Saul Bellow's Herzog

    Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell discuss Saul Bellow's novel Herzog.

  20. Fairgrounds and Freaks, Carsten Holler

    Matthew Sweet explores Carsten Holler's art and discusses the idea of the 'freak'.

  21. Susan Abulhawa, Napoleon, Eugenia Cheng on Maths

    Dr Eugenia Cheng discusses maths and playing the piano with Anne McElvoy.

  22. Kate Grenville

    Rana Mitter is joined by novelist Kate Grenville, who talks about her new book.

  23. Johanna Hamilton on 1971, Male Friendships: Steve Toltz, AD Miller, Richard Bean

    Playwright Richard Bean joins Matthew Sweet to discuss male friendships.

  24. New Generation Thinkers 2015 Launch at the Hay Festival

    Rana Mitter introduces the 2015 New Generation Thinkers.

  25. Hay Festival: David Brooks, Azar Nafisi, Tom Holland

    Rana Mitter and guests Azar Nafisi, David Brooks and Tom Holland discuss humility.

  26. Theodore Zeldin, Mona Eltahawy

    Philip Dodd is joined by scholar Theodore Zeldin and journalist Mona Eltahawy.

  27. Fulfilment, Beowulf, The Beaux' Stratagem

    Including a debate about fulfilment, actor Julian Glover and the play The Beaux' Stratagem

  28. Alain Mabanckou, Joseph Stiglitz

    With novelist Alain Mabanckou on growing up in the Republic of Congo. Plus Joseph Stiglitz

  29. Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop, Mammoth Cloning, Fareed Zakaria

    Colm Toibin on the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop and Beth Shapiro on cloning mammoths.

  30. High Society, Xinran and China's One-Child Policy, Decisive UK Elections

    Anne McElvoy presents a review of High Society at the Old Vic. Plus Chinese writer Xinran.

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