Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Rethinking the Curriculum
Sandeep Parmar, Jade Cuttle, Edith Hall & Seb Falk talk to Rana Mitter about what we teach
Irenosen Okojie and Nadifa Mohamed. Midsummer archaeology
Shahidha Bari talks to a pair of authors about the writing life. Plus a musical monument.
Refugees
From building shelters to the language we use to discuss displacement we hear new research
Queer Bloomsbury, Stillness in art and dance
From Virginia Woolf's writings on art to dance, stillness and movement in lockdown.
The future of theatre debate
Bertie Carvel & Roy Alexander Weise are amongst Anne McElvoy's guests
Failure and female friendship
Lara Feigel, Michèle Roberts and New Generation Thinker Alexandra Reza with Shahidha Bari.
Dickens
Mathew Sweet, Linda Grant, Laurence Scott & Lucy Whitehead -150 years since Dickens' death
Tackling Modern Slavery
Naomi Paxton looks at new research into the effectiveness of the UK act passed in 2015.
Robin Askwith
The actor talks to Matthew Sweet about a childhood affected by polio and his career.
Tokyo Story
Actor Richard Wilson & Prof Naoko Shimazu discuss Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 film of family life.
