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Free Thinking - Writers Writing about Love
Anne McElvoy with novelists A L Kennedy, Tahmima Anam and Alain de Botton talking Love

Free Thinking - Olafur Eliasson. Andrey Kurkov. Mary Dejevsky and Zinovy Zinik on Soviet Culture.
Philip Dodd talks to the artist Olafur Eliasson and novelist Andrey Kurkov.

Free Thinking - Concrete: Marina Lewycka, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Lynsey Hanley
Matthew Sweet explores concrete homes with Marina Lewycka and looks at art at the YSP

Free Thinking - TE Lawrence on stage. Jeremy Thorpe. Privacy.
Playwright Howard Brenton and director Adrian Noble discuss dramas depicting TE Lawrence.

Free Thinking - The Winter's Tale Landmark
Samuel West, Carol Rutter, Michael Dobson and Matthew Sweet discuss The Winter's Tale.

Free Thinking - Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Bookshelf
Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare

Free Thinking - Sicily. John Hardyng's Chronicle. The London Library
Anne McElvoy on Sicily plus the London Library at 175 with Tom Stoppard.

Free Thinking - Slavoj Zizek.
Philip Dodd debates migration, global solidarity with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek

Free Thinking - Landmark: Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Konstantin von Eggert, Sophie Fiennes and Geoff Dyer discuss Tarkovsky's 1979 film.

Free Thinking - Syrian buildings. Judging Book Prizes. Georgian Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to architect Marwa Al-Sabouni about Syria's built environment.