Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking - Russia and the Arts: Julian Barnes, Roxana Silbert and Suhayla El-Bushra
Julian Barnes reviews portaits of Russian cultural figures on show at the NPG.
Free Thinking - Philosophy: Bryan Magee
Matthew Sweet considers the state of philosophy today
Free Thinking – Identity in Britain: Martin Parr.
Photographer Martin Parr has curated a show exploring views of the UK from outsiders.
Free Thinking – The Holy Roman Empire; Peter H Wilson, Janet Soskice, Rupert Shortt. Iranian art
Rana Mitter reads a new history of the Holy Roman Empire & discusses Christianity today.
Free Thinking – Javier Marias; Cervantes; Spanish politics today
Javier Marias talks to Philip Dodd about fiction, politics & the writing of Cervantes.
Free Thinking - International Women's Day: Hollie McNish, Emily Hall, Helen Pearson, Edwina Attlee and Ailsa Grant Ferguson
Performance poet Hollie McNish and scientist Helen Pearson join Anne McElvoy.
Free Thinking - Botticelli Reimagined, A New Biography of Hitler
How German historians view Hitler now and Anne McElvoy reviews Botticelli at the V&A
Anger.
Philip Dodd considers rage in the politics of the US and India
Free Thinking – Neil Jordan, The Lonely City
Film director Neil Jordan on writing fiction. Olivia Laing explores loneliness.
Free Thinking – Russian Culture Inwards and Outwards
Anne McElvoy and Charles Clover on the old idea shaping contemporary Russian geopolitics.
