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Free Thinking - Japan and Korea. Hokusai
Chris Harding discusses the work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai

Free Thinking - Bella Bathurst. Mike Figgis. Birds in British literature. 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt.
Matthew Sweet explores deafness, plot twists, birds in books & how music is good for you

Free Thinking: Fiona Shaw and Mark Ravenhill on Brecht, John Knox, 2017 New Generation Thinker Joanne Paul.
Philip Dodd looks at speaking truth to power and the beliefs of John Knox and Galileo.

Free Thinking: Rachel Seiffert. James Hawes,Richard Nelson. 2017 New Gen Thinker Alistair Fraser on gangs
Anne McElvoy explores German Russian history, US electioneering and crime with her guests

Free Thinking - Artist Taryn Simon. Deglobalisation. 2017 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Lybeck on the circus.
Photo London's Master of Photography Taryn Simon on her new exhibition Image Atlas

Free Thinking: Laurent Binet; the rise of blockchain tech.
Anne McElvoy talks to the French novelist about Roland Barthes.

Free Thinking: Salomé, Angels in America, Queer British Art
Philip Dodd looks at desire & politics as Angels in America runs at the National Theatre

Free Thinking: The Wolfson Prize
Rana Mitter is joined by the 6 shortlisted authors and an audience at the British Academy

Free Thinking: Breaking Free: Landmark - Paradise Lost
John Carey, Islam Issa, Mandy Green and Joe Moshenska with Philip Dodd.

Free Thinking: Breaking Free - Martin Luther’s Revolution. New Research into the Reformation
Alec Ryrie, Tom Charlton, Elizabeth Goodwin and Tara Hamling join Rana Mitter.