蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Early Buddhism, Sheila Rowbotham

Two Buddhism scholars and British socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham join Rana Mitter.

Matthew Sweet and guests look at 1921's The Witch-Cult in Western Europe and witches now.

Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr, Germaine Greer v Norman Mailer. Have debates changed?

Matthew Sweet and guests re-read John Wyndham's post-apocalyptic novel from 1951.

As a Tate Britain show opens, Shahidha Bari looks at Caribbean post-war writing and art

Writer Philip Hoare, curator Robert Wenley, historian Helen Cowie talk celebrity animals.

How toys are shaped by politics and why they have a spooky side.

Shahidha Bari and guests read Logue's version of 蜜芽传媒r's Iliad and look at its language.

Novelists Mircea C膬rt膬rescu and Georgina Harding and historian Philippe Sands on Romania.

From fake flowers carved by Grinling Gibbons to modern craft and internet images.