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Free Thinking 2017

Creating Modern India

Preti Taneja on the architectural links between Letchworth Garden City and New Delhi.

• 15 mins

Free Thinking 2017

Killing Time in Imperial Japan

Christopher Harding discusses Tokyo in the early 20th century.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Enter the Peace Broker

Hew Strachan discusses Woodrow Wilson's journey from peace broker to belligerent in WWI.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Peace in the Land of the Soviets

Historian Hew Strachan explains how revolution precipitated peace in Bolshevik Russia.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Armistice

How independently brokered agreements slowly achieved a pause in hostilities in WWI.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

The World Comes to Paris

Military historian Hew Strachan on the Paris peace negotiations of 1919 and their legacy.

• 15 mins

The Long Road to Peace

Peace in the Levant

Reflecting on how the First World War finally ended in 1923, when Turkey agreed terms.

• 15 mins

Hanging On

The Boating Pond

Andrew Martin celebrates the pastime of sailing model boats on ponds.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Ventriloquist Doll

Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Telephone

Author Andrew Martin explains his liking for traditional telephones.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

The Milkman

Author Andrew Martin discusses milkmen and their floats.

• 14 mins

Hanging On

Sex Shops

Author Andrew Martin discusses sex shops, especially those in London's Soho.

• 14 mins

Late Style: Paul Bailey

The novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade.

• 13 mins

Late Style: Diana Hendry

Writing age: thoughts on keeping going by Diana Hendry.

• 13 mins

Late Style: Douglas Dunn

Writing back the years: thoughts on poetry after retirement by Douglas Dunn.

• 13 mins

Late Style: Penelope Lively

Thoughts on writing fiction as you get older from the novelist Penelope Lively.

• 13 mins

Late Style

Vicki Feaver

Poet Vicki Feaver gives her thoughts on writing as one becomes older.

• 15 mins

Late Style

Paul Bailey

Novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade - and having a 'late style'.

• 20 mins

Late Style

Diana Hendry

Poet Diana Hendry gives her thoughts on keeping going.

• 15 mins

Late Style

Douglas Dunn

Poet Douglas Dunn reflects on writing poetry after retirement.

• 15 mins

Late Style

Penelope Lively

Novelist Penelope Lively gives her thoughts on writing fiction as one becomes older.

• 15 mins

Luther's Reformation Gang

Martin Luther

Lyndal Roper profiles the father of the Reformation, Martin Luther.

• 15 mins

Luther's Reformation Gang

Thomas Muntzer

Andy Drummond profiles Thomas Muntzer, the failed revolutionary of the Reformation.

• 15 mins

Luther's Reformation Gang

Katharina von Bora

Charlotte Woodford on the contribution of Katharina Von Bora to Luther's Reformation.

• 15 mins

Luther's Reformation Gang

Johann Walther

Dr Stephen Rose discusses Johann Walther, the man behind Luther's musical Reformation.

• 15 mins

Luther's Reformation Gang

Philip Melanchthon

Brian Cummings tells the story of Philip Melanchthon, Martin Luther's right-hand man.

• 15 mins

True Venetian

Making up the City

Polly Coles on Venetian artists who have engaged with their home in a modern spirit.

• 14 mins

True Venetian

True Venetian Islanders

How the geography of Venice has allowed segregated and separate communities to evolve.

• 14 mins

True Venetian

Import/Export

Polly Coles discusses Venice and ideas of flight, exile, discrimination and art.

• 14 mins

True Venetian

Exhibitions and Exhibitionism

Polly Coles discusses the work of the many Venetian artists revitalising the city today.

• 14 mins