Free Thinking Episodes Available now
New Thinking about Museums
VR Vikings, military museums to bakelite - new research into a range of collections.
The Frieze ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 Debate Museums in the 21st Century
Gallery directors from Russia, USA and Singapore compare notes, hosted by Anne McElvoy.
African Europeans, Fidel Castro and African leaders, WEB Du Bois
Professors Olivette Otele and Simon Hall on understanding connections in black history
Writing a Life: Hermione Lee, Daniel Lee and Rachel Holmes
Biographers of Tom Stoppard, Sylvia Pankhurst and a little known SS soldier compare notes.
Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Links between biography and poetry. Telling modern Ugandan stories. With Shahidha Bari.
Cows, farming and our view of nature
Are cows the answer to depleted soil or the problem? With farmer and author James Rebanks.
Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize 2020
Tales of indigenous people battling for their land; colonialism & pioneers of anthropology
Conservatism, Philanthropy, Liberal and socialist futures
Anne McElvoy talks to Edmund Fawcett about conflicts within Conservatism.
The impact of being multilingual
Discussion ahead of the European Day of Languages and International Translation Day.
Get Carter
Digging beneath the surface of the classic Brit noir film with director Mike Hodges.