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Science Fiction and Surveillance: Zamyatin's We—2013 Festival
Matthew Sweet discusses Zamyatin's 1919 novel We, which depicts spying in a glass city.

Boneless, Bloodaxe and Hairy Breeches: What Did the Vikings Ever Do for Us?—2013 Festival, Free Thinking Essay
1/10 Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough on the power battles between Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.

Are We at a Tipping Point? Controlling Infection and Combatting Disease—2013 Festival
Professor Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, lectures on disease.

Michael Marmot on Self-Control—2013 Festival
Michael Marmot's Free Thinking Lecture, asking 'Is self-control the key to a long life?'.

Michael Grigsby's Film-making Career—2013 Festival, Derry-Londonderry
2/2 Matthew Sweet discusses the work of the late film director Michael Grigsby.

Derry-Londonderry's Cultural History—2013 Festival, Derry-Londonderry
1/2 How Derry-Londonderry and its citizens have been shaped by political and religious history

York Festival of Ideas—Free Thinking in Summer 2013
Rana Mitter with a debate from the York Festival of Ideas. Can we afford ethical business?

Chalke Valley History Festival—Free Thinking in Summer 2013
A debate on how the British have looked to their history for a sense of national identity.

HowTheLightGetsIn Festival—Free Thinking in Summer 2013
Philip Dodd examines The Problem with Love at the How the Light Gets In festival in Hay.

Philosophy Night—Free Thinking in Summer 2013
Rana Mitter chairs a debate from the Philosophy Night marathon at the Insitut Français.