The Essay Episodes Available now
Creating Modern India—Free Thinking 2017
9/10 Preti Taneja on the architectural links between Letchworth Garden City and New Delhi.
England's First European—Free Thinking 2017
8/10 Exploring Fynes Moryson's An Itinerary, a European travel book from the early 17th century
The Magic Years—Free Thinking 2017
7/10 Medical historian Matthew Smith explores 1970s US psychiatry: a time of hope and promise.
Faith, Fire and the Family—Free Thinking 2017
6/10 Catherine Fletcher on the story of her grandfather, a missionary in India.
Russia's Sacred Ruins—Free Thinking 2017
5/10 Victoria Donovan explores the dilemmas of post-war reconstruction in Soviet Russia.
The British Writer and the Refugee—Free Thinking 2017
4/10 Katherine Cooper on the work by British writers to save colleagues in Europe during WWII.
In the Shadows of Biafra—Free Thinking 2017
3/10 New Generation Thinker Louisa Egbunike explores the legacy of the Biafran war.
Alexander the Great's Lost City—Free Thinking 2017
2/10 The story of Alexander the Great's lost city, buried beneath Bagram air base, Afghanistan.
Monks, Models and Medieval Time—Free Thinking 2017
1/10 Seb Falk discusses the 14th-century monks who studied astronomy.
Bette Davis—Five Screen Goddesses
Author and broadcaster Sarah Churchwell discusses the work of actress Bette Davis.
