Free Thinking 2013 - What's Eating You?
What is the place of food and body image in contemporary culture? Lionel Shriver is the author of novels including We Need To Talk About Kevin and Big Brother, which depicts the impact of food obsessi...
23 Aug 201443min
Prom Plus Literary - Iceland
As the Iceland Symphony Orchestra appear at the Proms, Radio 3's New Generation Thinker and expert in Nordic sagas Eleanor Rosamond Barraclough joins novelist Joanna Kavenna to discuss Icelandic cultu...
22 Aug 201420min
Prom Plus Literary – Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen is one of the greatest First World War writers. The poets Fred d'Aguiar and Michael Longley discuss the work of the poet whose poetry inspired Britten's War Requiem. This programme, is p...
22 Aug 201434min
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
