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Proms Extra: 1895 The First Proms
Rana Mitter with Nicholas Kenyon and Leanne Langley

Free Thinking - Chalke Valley History Festival: 16 July 15
Anne McElvoy discusses heroic triumph and failure with a trio of eminent historians

Free Thinking - Bryan Stevenson, Slunglow Camelot, Go Set A Watchman, Utopia at the Roundhouse: 15 July 15
Philip Dodd discusses Camelot: The Shining City and reviews the new Harper Lee

Free Thinking - French Thought - The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer - French rom-com
Anne McElvoy on French intellectual traditions & rom-com; prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer

Free Thinking - Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr: 8 July 15
Philip Dodd discusses Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr

Free Thinking: Landmark Jaws: 7 July 15
Matthew Sweet on Jaws 40 years on with Gareth Fraser, Ian Hunter, Will Self and Fiona Tan.

Free Thinking - Pather Panchali: Sunjeev Sahota; Neil Bartlett: 6 July 15
Tariq Ali discusses Satyajit Ray's 1955 film Pather Panchali.

Free Thinking - Museum of the Year 2015: 02 July 15
Anne McElvoy at Tate Modern with the Museum of the Year finalists.

The power of dance and the meaning of 'public'.
The links between dance, art and the brain and the meaning of "the public"

Free Thinking - Worrying - Joseph Cornell - Spy Fiction - First film: 30 June 15
Matthew Sweet on worrying - Joseph Cornell - Spy Fiction and the First film.