Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Guests including author Tom McCarthy join Matthew Sweet to discuss the French 'new novel'.
Breathe
Writer James Nestor, musician Soweto Kinch, Forensic Architecture's Imani Jacqueline Brown
Mining, Coal and DH Lawrence
Matthew Sweet looks at the connections between the arts and coal mining communities.
Epic Iran, Lost Cities and Proust
Rana Mitter and guests explore the art and culture of Iran, and why people abandon cities.
The English country house party
Why does the grand country house party hold such power over the English imagination?
Glenda Jackson on filming Sunday Bloody Sunday
Matthew Sweet and guests including Glenda Jackson on John Schlesinger's love triangle film
The Innovative Shape of Poems
Sandeep Parmar talks to poets Kayo Chingonyi, Paisley Rekdal and Dr Nasser Hussain.
Cornwall and Coastal Gothic
From crumbling tin mine towers to second homes: Laurence Scott on art, fiction and film.
World's Fairs and the Future
Owen Hatherley, Emily MacGregor and Paul Greenhalgh go back to the future.
Mid Century Modern
Shahidha Bari and guests look at labour saving devices and revamping the 1950s home.
