Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Saint John Henry Newman
Kate Kennedy, Tim Stanley, Catherine Pepinster and Dafydd Mills Daniel on Newman's thought
Adoption, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ren茅e Vivien and Violette Leduc
Fiona Sampson, Peggy Reynolds and Anne McElvoy talk poetry and writing personal stories
Turkey: Adnan Menderes, populism, and history
Having survived a plane crash, the Turkish prime minister 1950-60 died in an execution.
Pakistan Politics, Water Supplies
Samira Shackle, Ejaz Haider and Majed Akhter talk about Karachi, power, crime and energy.
Coins, going cashless and the magic money tree
In February 1971, the UK went decimal. Anne McElvoy and guests look at money old and new.
Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871)
Matthew Sweet and guests assess Darwin's arguments about the human species, sex and race.
Fashion Stories in Museums
Claire Wilcox, fashion curator of the V&A, talks to Shahidha Bari and other researchers.
Class and Social Mobility
Selina Todd, David Goodhart, Timandra Harkness and Sadie Ryan talk with Matthew Sweet.
Patricia Lockwood and Andr茅 Aciman
Two American authors talk to Laurence Scott about their sense of time, place and self.
Eco-Criticism
Who are the best writers past and present who give us an insight into the natural world?
