Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Refuge and National Poetry Day
Poets Momtaza Mehri, Julianknxx and historian Jes煤s Sanjurjo join Matthew Sweet.
Slavic culture and myth
Matthew Sweet looks at the origins of creatures like Baba Yaga, Banniks and Rusalkas.
Hobbes and New Leviathans
John Gray on why rereading Hobbes can help us understand contemporary politics.
Childbirth and parenthood: Contains Strong Language
Testament, Hannah Silva, historian Jessica Cox and Thackray museum curator Laura Sellers.
Betty Miller and Marghanita Laski
Howard Jacobson, Lara Feigel and Lisa Mullen with Matthew Sweet.
Notebooks and new technology
Authors Jonathan Coe, Roland Allen, Lesley Smith and art book maker Gill Partington.
Why go into space?
Christopher Harding investigates the history, culture and science of space exploration.
Black Atlantic
Artist Jaqueline Bishop and curator of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
The Red Shoes
Ahead of a BFI festival, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Powell and Pressburger's film
Queer history, new narrative in San Fransisco
Diarmuid Hester & Dodie Bellamy tell Naomi Paxton about a 70s experimental writing group.
