Free Thinking - Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Bookshelf
Rana Mitter is joined by Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves to explore the books which inspired Shakespeare from the Bible and classical stories to the writing of some of Shakespeare's contem...
26 Apr 201644min
Free Thinking - Sicily. John Hardyng's Chronicle. The London Library
As Sicily: culture and conquest opens at The British Museum, Anne McElvoy gathers three experts round the Free Thinking table - the historian of Sicily, John Julius Norwich, Helena Atlee who approache...
21 Apr 201645min
Free Thinking - Slavoj Zizek.
Slavoj Zizek is in conversation with Philip Dodd. The title of the latest book from the Slovenian philosopher, cultural critic and Marxist scholar is 'Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror an...
21 Apr 201644min
Free Thinking - Landmark: Tarkovsky's Stalker.
In a special Landmark edition, Matthew Sweet discusses Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker with the director Sophie Fiennes, the journalist Konstantin Von Eggert, whose family knew Tarkovsky, film critic La...
19 Apr 201644min
Free Thinking - Syrian buildings. Judging Book Prizes. Georgian Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni about her country's built environment its impact on the behaviour of the people who live there. Also the politics of judging book prizes is deba...
14 Apr 201643min
British Conceptual Art.
Philip Dodd is joined by artist Bruce McLean and critic Sarah Kent to consider the history and politics of British Conceptual Art on show at Tate Britain. Also Richard Nisbett gives his view on how "s...
13 Apr 201645min
Jonathan Coe and Richard Cameron on stage at Birmingham Rep
Jonathan Coe, author of books including The Rotter's Club, What a Carve Up and his most recent novel Number 11, joins playwright Richard Cameron and presenter Matthew Sweet in a programme recorded in ...
12 Apr 201644min
Free Thinking - Economics: Liam Byrne, John Redwood, Luke Johnson, Juliet Michaelson and Matt Wolf
Anne McElvoy looks at current debates about economics, British manufacturing and entrepreneurialism talking to Juliet Michaelson from the New Economics Foundation, the politicians Liam Byrne and John ...
7 Apr 201645min
