BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

The Wolfson Prize 2022

Rana Mitter interviews the shortlisted authors for the Wolfson Prize for history writing.

The Right to Sex is the title of Amia Srinivasan's new book. Christopher Harding hosts.

Abdulrazak Gurnah, Emily Shuckburgh and Joan Passey join Rana Mitter at Hay Festival.

Tangled bloodlines, executions and a big, gold inflatable thing belonging to Henry VIII.

Donne, Hamlet, mathematics and the Tudor portraits composed by Vaughan Williams.

Shahidha Bari traces the move from markings on convicts and aristos to today's body art.

Christopher Harding investigates the feminine divine with Ronald Hutton and others.

Rana Mitter looks at a new play at the National Theatre about the man who murdered Gandhi.

Matthew Sweet is joined by Jingan Young, Benjamin Halligan and David McGillivray.

John Gallagher and guests dig deep into the significance of soil.