Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Tin cans, cutlery and sewing
New research into the history of stainless steel cutlery, tinned food and sewing machines.
Climate change and empire building
The long history of climate change and empire: historians Nandini Das and Peter Frankopan
Ghosts of Caribbean history
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Michael Elliott and Mary Evans.
Phaedra, Cretan palaces and the minotaur
Knossos, birthplace of myths and tragedies, is explored by Rana Mitter and Natalie Haynes.
Idrissa Ou茅draogo
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the work of Burkinab茅 film-maker Idrissa Ou茅draogo.
People's History
The people's history of banners, a dress diary, Sheffield sculptures and a new musical.
Stories of Love
Romeo and Juliet reworked, Proust and Rita Mae Brown's coming-of-age tale Rubyfruit Jungle
Donkeys
From Aesop and the bible to the film EO which looks at a donkey born in a Polish circus.
Lady Macbeth
From Kurosawa and Shostakovich to Zinnie Harris. New takes on the Scottish play.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Shahidha Bari looks at the writing of a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet (1917-2000).
