Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Black British History
Bernardine Evaristo, Keith Piper, Miranda Kaufmann and Kehinde Andrews on black Britain.
Still Loving Victoriana Jokes and All
Matthew Sweet with novelists Sarah Perry and Carol Birch. Plus Victorian amusements.
Landmark: Waverley
Rana Mitter presents a special programme exploring Walter Scott's novel Waverley.
Stephen Poliakoff and Linda Grant. Yuval Noah Harari.
Linda Grant and Stephen Poliakoff join Philip Dodd to discuss post-World War II Britain.
Whose Book Is it Anyway?
Anne McElvoy and her panel of guests explore the rise of reading in Britain.
Enoch Powell, US Supreme Court, War and Art
With a play about Enoch Powell, the US Supreme Court and the visual language of war.
South African Art: William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland, Gavin Jantjes.
William Kentridge, Vivienne Koorland and Gavin Jantjes discuss South Africa and art.
Richard Hakluyt, Man Booker Prize, Chickens in the Anthropocene, Shirley Jackson
Includes Richard Hakluyt's legacy, chickens and the 2016 Man Booker Prize.
Artes Mundi Prize, Harriet Walter, Amitav Ghosh, Edmund Richardson
With a review of the 2016 Artes Mundi show, actress Harriet Walter and author Amitav Ghosh
Paul Nash, George Szirtes, Hungary 1956 and now
With a graphic novel based on Paul Nash's dreams, plus religion and revolution in Hungary.
