Free Thinking - Export of Empire & India's New Story
Rana Mitter talks to historian and MP Tristram Hunt about how Britain's experience of Empire shaped today's global cities. Plus a discussion about the future of India with Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Dr Shrut...
27 Maj 201443min
Free Thinking - Essay Writing & Tim Winton
Anne McElvoy looks at the resurgence of non-fiction writing and the essay as a form hearing from Jonathan Freedland, Wayne Kostenbaum and Maia Jenkins. Novelist Tim Winton talks about his new book Ey...
22 Maj 201445min
Free Thinking - Writers and Their Notebooks
As the British Library launches a website devoted to writers' notebooks and manuscripts, Discovering Literature, novelist Lawrence Norfolk takes a look at his own notebooks, and talks to AS Byatt, Joh...
21 Maj 201444min
Free Thinking - John Clare & Jimmy Wales
Matthew Sweet talks to Iain Sinclair and New Generation Thinker Dr Greg Tate about a walk to mark John Clare's death 150 years ago. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Profess...
20 Maj 201444min
Free Thinking - Nick Payne & Penny Dreadful
Nick Payne talks to Anne McElvoy about his play Incognito and the man who stole Einstein's brain. New Generation Thinker Fern Riddell reviews Sky Atlantic's Penny Dreadful and our fascination with Vic...
15 Maj 201444min
Free Thinking - Does Europe need an East?
Interview with the prominent Czech writer who has just published memoir, My Crazy Century, followed by a discussion debating whether Europe will always need an East. And why are we interested in scien...
14 Maj 201444min
Free Thinking - Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki
MJ Hyland reviews Simon Armitage's The Last Days of Troy at the Royal Exchange Manchester starring Lily Cole. Chris Harding looks at Japanese fears in Godzilla and The Wind Rises. Dr Philip Roscoe and...
13 Maj 201445min
Free Thinking - Representing Cities
Anne McElvoy looks at the benefits and challenges of cities pooling resources. Michael Wynne and Rachel De-lahay discuss their plays opening in Liverpool and Birmingham this week. Plus New Generation ...
8 Maj 201445min
