Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Hobbes and New Leviathans
John Gray on why rereading Hobbes can help us understand contemporary politics.
Childbirth and parenthood: Contains Strong Language
Testament, Hannah Silva, historian Jessica Cox and Thackray museum curator Laura Sellers.
Betty Miller and Marghanita Laski
Howard Jacobson, Lara Feigel and Lisa Mullen with Matthew Sweet.
Notebooks and new technology
Authors Jonathan Coe, Roland Allen, Lesley Smith and art book maker Gill Partington.
Why go into space?
Christopher Harding investigates the history, culture and science of space exploration.
Black Atlantic
Artist Jaqueline Bishop and curator of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
The Red Shoes
Ahead of a BFI festival, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Powell and Pressburger's film
Queer history, new narrative in San Fransisco
Diarmuid Hester & Dodie Bellamy tell Naomi Paxton about a 70s experimental writing group.
The Wolfson Prize 2023
Rana Mitter talks to the six authors shortlisted for the UK's main history writing prize.
Rock Follies
The groundbreaking 1970s TV drama reassessed with guests including actor Rula Lenska.
