Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Nazis, Holocaust, Time and Memory
Rana Mitter with historians Richard J Evans, Jane Caplan and David Cesarani.
Cities and Resilience, Daisy Hay, Brian Clarke on Robert Fraser
Features the relationship between Disraeli and his wife, plus cities and disaster planning
Winston Churchill and Englishness
David Reynolds, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Simon Heffer and David Edgar discuss Churchill.
Dramatising Democracy: Michael Dobbs, James Graham, Paula Milne, Trudi-Ann Tierney
Debate asking if seeing democracy on screen and stage undermines confidence in politicians
2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies
Matthew Sweet discusses the 2015 Oscar nominations and talks to dramatist Russell T Davies
Looking at Art: Fred Wiseman
Philip Dodd explores the way we look at art, talking to documentary maker Fred Wiseman.
TS Eliot Prize winner David Harsent, Robert Crawford, Allan Ropper on healing the brain
Anne McElvoy celebrates TS Eliot and discusses the human brain with Allan Ropper.
Mike Bartlett, Hans Fallada, Michel Houellebecq
Anne McElvoy is joined by playwright Mike Bartlett, writer of King Charles III.
Sleep, Sleeplessness and Creativity
Rana Mitter discusses sleep, with neuroscientist Russell Foster and comedian Matt Berry.
Antonia Fraser; Eric Rohmer's The Green Ray
Antonia Fraser talks to Matthew Sweet about her Memoir of Growing Up.
