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Free Thinking: Churchill, Pocahontas and The Idiot
Anne McElvoy considers Churchill on the big screen and the legacy of Pocahontas.
Free Thinking: Narcissism
Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore our obsession with the self.
Free Thinking: Will Self, R. D. Laing and Mandy.
Matthew Sweet talks to Will Self about the mind, consciousness and R. D. Laing.
Free Thinking: Political Sketch Writing. Enclosure Acts. 2017. Branwell Bronte. Pushkin House Book Prize 2017
Anne McElvoy and guests look at the style of the election and the job of sketch writers.
Free Thinking - Revenge: My Cousin Rachel, Natalie Haynes, 2017 New Generation Thinker Islam Issa.
Matthew Sweet sees a film version of Daphne Du Maurier's novel, and revenge in Shakespeare
Free Thinking - Arundhati Roy
The Man Booker prize winning author and campaigner is in conversation with Philip Dodd.
Free Thinking - Hay 2017: Writing History with Sebastian Barry, Jake Arnott, Madeleine Thien.
New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon chairs a discussion recorded at the Hay Festival.
Free Thinking: Ecstasy. Carpe Diem. 2017 New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes on medieval ecstasy.
Jules Evans and Roman Krznaric discuss living in the moment and trances with Rana Mitter.
Free Thinking: Hay 2017: Women's Voices in the Classical World.
Writers and historians join Catherine Fletcher for a discussion recorded at Hay.
Free Thinking: Artist Tom Phillips at 80; How do we save our plants?
Artist Tom Phillips talks to Philip Dodd about his career as he marks his 80th birthday.
