Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Failure and female friendship
Lara Feigel, Mich猫le Roberts and New Generation Thinker Alexandra Reza with Shahidha Bari.
Dickens
Mathew Sweet, Linda Grant, Laurence Scott & Lucy Whitehead -150 years since Dickens' death
Tackling Modern Slavery
Naomi Paxton looks at new research into the effectiveness of the UK act passed in 2015.
Robin Askwith
The actor talks to Matthew Sweet about a childhood affected by polio and his career.
Tokyo Story
Actor Richard Wilson & Prof Naoko Shimazu discuss Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film of family life.
Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage
Landscape in poetry discussed by Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage at Hay.
Sarah Perry
In a conversation with Mathew Sweet, the gothic author explores writing past and present.
Anne Fine and Romesh Gunesekera. Jarman's Garden
Shahidha Bari hosts a conversation recorded with the Royal Society of Literature.
Kindness
Rutger Bregman tells Anne McElvoy why survival of the fittest needs rethinking as an idea.
The 2020 Wolfson History Prize: David Abulafia, Hallie Rubenhold, Prashant Kidambi
From Indian cricket, a survey of the oceans to Jack the Ripper: 3 shortlisted historians.
