Free Thinking Episodes Available now
The Language of Flowers
Rebecca Solnit's new book on George Orwell explores his interest in gardening and the land
Rationality and Tradition
Tim Stanley on tradition and Steven Pinker on rationality. Anne McElvoy hosts.
Black British theatre archives and an Afro-Cuban star
From an 18th-century Black Juliet to Ira Aldridge鈥檚 daughter Amanda. Plus, Rita Montaner.
Sugar
Matthew Sweet examines how sugar built the modern world.
Colour
Artist Lubna Chowdhary, author Mich猫le Roberts, art historians James Fox and Kelly Grovier
Frieze: Museums in the 21st century
Anne McElvoy talks to the directors at London's National Gallery, Yale and New York's Met.
Choice
Do poets choose their words or are they predetermined?
The British Academy Book Prize 2021
New ways of thinking about global problems - Rana Mitter reads this year's shortlist.
Breakfast
Literally "breaking the fast" - Matthew Sweet moves from the Full English to Tiffany's.
Order and Chaos
A history of indexes and ideas about tidiness, clutter and archiving in Ruth Ozeki's novel
