Free Thinking 2013 - Sugata Mitra
Professor Sugata Mitra's pioneering experiments gave children in India access to computers to teach themselves and inspired the novel which became the film Slumdog Millionaire. He is now using retired...
21 Aug 201444min
Free Thinking 2013 - Why Are Maps Still So Powerful?
Can a map reveal too much? How do they direct our thinking? From ancient atlases to satnav and Google, maps continue to be a key planning tool, but how much are they now instruments of control? To dis...
19 Aug 201443min
Proms Plus Literary - Melbourne
Melbourne prides itself on being the 'cultural and sporting capital of Australia'. It's a UNESCO City of Literature. As the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra perform at tonight's Prom concert the publisher...
19 Aug 201419min
Free Thinking 2013 - Are We at a Tipping Point? Controlling Infection and Combatting Disea
Increasing resistance to antibiotics is a threat to Britain which could be as dangerous as terrorism. That's the argument put by Professor Dame Sally Davies in her Free Thinking lecture at Sage Gatesh...
18 Aug 201443min
Proms Plus Literary - WW1's Lost Generation
Award-winning novelist and poet Helen Dunmore and the writer Simon Heffer discuss the myths and realities behind the idea of the Lost Generation of World War 1. This programme, is presented by Rana M...
17 Aug 201421min
PROMS PLUS LITERARY - Gavin Maxwell
Nature writers Miriam Darlington and Horatio Clare join Rana Mitter to discuss the Scottish author of Ring of Bright Water Gavin Maxwell on his centenary. Readings by Scott Handy. This programme is p...
15 Aug 201422min
Proms Plus Literary - Dylan Thomas
The current National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke and the painter Peter Blake celebrate the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas. The reader is Trystan Gravelle. This programme, is presented by Shah...
11 Aug 201421min
Proms Plus Literary - Tony Harrison
The poet and playwright Tony Harrison talks to Matthew Sweet about his passionate commitment to the classics, poetic language and political writing over the last fifty years. This programme, presented...
7 Aug 201420min
