Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Building London
Eric Parry and Alison Brooks; writers Fiona Mozley and SI Martin and pianist Belle Chen.
Masks
The role of masks in African traditions, Greek tragedy and Covid conspiracies
Displacement
Edmund de Waal and Frances Stonor Saunders discuss uncovering Jewish family stories.
Nadifa Mohamed, Gentle/Radical, Dylan Thomas
The work of Turner prize nominees, a Tiger Bay murder story, Under Milk Wood on stage.
How anthropology helps us understand the world
Economist Gillian Tett is one of Anne McElvoy's guests.
Beryl Vertue
Matthew Sweet meets the Sherlock producer and ex-agent of Tony Hancock who has turned 90.
Women's Art
Jennifer Higgie, Adjoa Osei, Veronica Ryan, and Lydia Yee talk to Shahidha Bari.
Can Artists Help Save the Planet?
From ice photos by Wayne Binitie to 140 ideas from artists collated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Alice and Dreaming
Salman Rushdie is one of Matthew Sweet's guests for a conversation about the imagination.
The Botanical Past
From paintings to the gardens of Kew, how a new plant collecting history is being written.
