Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Design
Including a report from the London Design Biennale and film historian Peter Biskind.
Howard Jacobson
Writer Howard Jacobson delivers a keynote lecture on why we need the novel.
Helaine Blumenfeld, Dale Harding, Stella Tillyard
Anne McElvoy with sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, artist Dale Harding, writer Stella Tillyard
Philosophical tennis, Hidden beaches and Eleanor Marx
Matthew Sweet takes a walk around Eleanor Marx's old neighbourhood.
From 18th-century automata to superheroes and digital living
Matthew Sweet visits the Marvellous Mechanical Museum at Compton Verney.
Renzo Piano
The Italian architect talks to Philip Dodd about his career from the Pompidou to the Shard
What do you call a stranger? - The Caine Prize - NHS ideals.
Nandini Das and John Gallagher look at words for strangers in Tudor and Stuart England.
Olivia Laing, Fun 蜜芽传媒
Alison Bechdel's memoir on stage, a novel inspired by Kathy Acker, Oscar Wilde in the USA.
The body, past and present
Beauty from the Renaissance to the present.
The Working Lunch and Food in History
How the Victorians changed lunch. Elsa Richardson and Chris Kissane join Rana Mitter.
