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    Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia.

    Jimmy Wales talks Diderot & collecting knowledge + Tariq Godard on Mark Fisher aka k-punk

  2. Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands

    Marie Darrieussecq, Lisa Mullen, Dafydd Daniel on magic and dystopias with Matthew Sweet.

  3. Empathy

    Authors Max Porter, Samantha Harvey & AK Benjamin discuss empathy with Chris Harding.

  4. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Woman鈥檚 Rights

    Joanna Cohen looks back at the manifesto which remodelled the Declaration of Independence

  5. Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking

    Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer & friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!

  6. Elites.

    Douglas Carswell, David Runciman and Eliane Glaser join Matthew Sweet to discuss elites.

  7. Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel V谩squez and Javier Cercas

    Shahidha Bari chairs a discussion recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival.

  8. Elif Safak at Free Thinking Festival

    The Turkish novelist Elif Shafak talks to Rana Mitter in an interview recorded at last...

  9. Egyptian Satire

    Dina Rezk explores the power of humour and protest

  10. Egyptian Satire

    The power of humour in protest.

  11. Edward St Aubyn, Super Injunctions & Pakistan

    Edward St Aubyn talks about his new book, At Last, the final in the Patrick Melrose...

  12. Edward Said's thinking

    Rana Mitter reads the first biography of the Palestinian academic, pianist and negotiator

  13. Edward Bond

    Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the playwright Edward Bond (18 July 1934 鈥� 3 March 2024)

  14. Edna O'Brien, Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Edna O'Brien talks to Philip Dodd about her new book Saints & Sinners.

  15. East West religious connections

    Authors Rowan Williams & Christopher Harding and artist Gayle Chong Kwan join Rana Mitter

  16. East Meets West

    Orientalism now with Fatima Bhutto, Ziauddin Sardar, Tom Holland, and artist Inci Eviner.

  17. East Germany

    Katja Hoyer on East Germany, behind the Berlin Wall and the Cold War caricature

  18. Early cinema: why are we obsessed with firsts?

    Matthew Sweet looks back at the early history of cinema

  19. Early Buddhism; Sheila Rowbotham

    Two Buddhist scholars and the socialist feminist historian join Rana Mitter

  20. Dystopian thinking

    As Kay Dick's They opens at MIF, Matthew Sweet and guests trace the history of dystopias.

  21. Dust, dirt and domesticity

    From mould to desertification Naomi Paxton and guests on the impact of dirt,heat and damp

  22. D眉rer, Rhinos and Whales

    Writer Philip Hoare, curator Robert Wenley, historian Helen Cowie talk celebrity animals.

  23. Drugs and Consciousness

    Does LSD open the doors of perception or just mess with your head?

  24. Dostoevsky

    Rana Mitter explores Dostoevsky as a thriller writer and comedian

  25. Donkeys

    From Aesop and the bible to the film EO which looks at a donkey born in a Polish circus.

  26. Dom Sylvester Hou茅dard

    Matthew Sweet and guests on the career of the C20th concrete poet and Catholic mystic

  27. Does My Pet Love Me?

    A Free Thinking Festival discussion with Nicky Clayton, Erica Fudge & Kim Bard

  28. Does Growth Matter?

    Is the economic future all about growth? Danny Dorling discusses Slowdown.

  29. Diving Deep

    Diving as metaphor, occupation and study from Tudor times to the present

  30. Diverse Classical Music II

    Christienna Fryar speaks to four researchers whose work is expanding the musical canon

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