Free Thinking - John Boorman; 16 June 2015
Director John Boorman talks to Matthew Sweet about his new film Queen and Country and its place in a career that includes Deliverance and Excalibur as well as Hope and Glory
16 Juni 201544min
Free Thinking - Othello, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Poet Hans Magnus Enzensberger reflects on his writing, and German history, in his latest book New Selected Poems. New Generation Thinker Danielle Thom and the historian and columnist Tim Stanley, join...
11 Juni 201545min
Free Thinking - Saul Bellow
Martin Amis, Zachary Leader and Sarah Churchwell join Matthew Sweet to discuss Saul Bellow and his masterpiece, Herzog with readings by Kerry Shale.
10 Juni 201544min
Free Thinking - Carsten Höller, freaks and fairground
Matthew Sweet has a go on Carsten Höller's slide at the Hayward Gallery with arts critic Charlotte Mullins and discusses freaks and fairgrounds with Dr Helen Davies, Vanessa Toulmin, Director of the N...
9 Juni 201544min
Susan Abulhawa - Gregory Tate - Eugenia Cheng
Anne McElvoy discusses maths and music with Mathematician Eugenia Cheng. Susan Abulhawa talks about her latest book The Blue Between Sky and Water. And, New Generation Thinker Gregory Tate shares his...
4 Juni 201528min
Free Thinking - Kate Grenville
Rana Mitter talks to Kate Grenville, one of Australia's leading novelists, about depicting the history of white working class Australia and thinking herself into her mother’s life to write 'One Life: ...
3 Juni 201544min
Free Thinking - Male Friendship
'One Man, Two Guvnors' playwright Richard Bean and novelists Steve Tolz and AD Miller join Matthew Sweet to discuss male friendships. Also filmmaker Johanna Hamilton on her new documentary - 1971, foc...
2 Juni 201544min
Free Thinking - Hay Festival
BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council run a scheme to find the best young academics able to turn their research into radio. We meet some of this year's winners.
28 Maj 201544min
