Free Thinking - Emotion in Art - Frederick Forsyth: 15 September 15
Frederick Forsyth discusses spy fiction and fact as he publishes his memoirs and Matthew Sweet explores our emotions with New Generation Thinker Dr Tiffany Watt-Smith, Thomas Dixon and Susie Orbach. A...
16 Sep 201545min
William Kentridge and William Boyd
South African artist William Kentridge discusses making animated films, drawings and directing the opera Lulu. William Boyd's latest novel Sweet Caress traces the life and work of a photographer. Phil...
15 Sep 201544min
Free Thinking - Chalke Valley History Festival: 16 July 15
Anne McElvoy discusses heroic triumph and failure with a trio of eminent historians
16 Jul 201554min
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
15 Jul 201545min
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
9 Jul 201545min
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
8 Jul 201544min
Free Thinking: Landmark Jaws: 7 July 15
Matthew Sweet on Jaws and the film-maker's role in creating the myth of a man-eating machine. Good or bad for the shark? Gareth Fraser, Ian Hunter, Will Self and Fiona Tan discuss.
7 Jul 201544min
Free Thinking - Pather Panchali: Sunjeev Sahota; Neil Bartlett: 6 July 15
Tariq Ali discusses Satyajit Ray's 1955 film Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) 60 years on. Rana Mitter is also joined by novelist Sunjeev Sahota and Neil Bartlett.
6 Jul 201544min
