Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Are the arts saving Margate?
Philip Dodd finds out about the Turner Contemporary’s impact. Plus writer Maggie Gee.
Being Human: Love Stories
New research taking love stories out of the vaults and into the gay bar.
Why We Need New News: Being Human Festival Research
Shahidha Bari looks at news past and present from hangings to updating TV news bulletins.
Weimar and the Subversion of Cabaret Culture
Le Gateau Chocolat, Lucy McCormick and Gaylene Gould with Matthew Sweet at the Barbican.
The 2019 Free Thinking Imperial War Museum Remembrance Debate
Carrie Reichardt, Peter Bazalgette, Zahed Tajeddin and Rebecca Newell with Anne McElvoy.
The changing image of masculinity
Writers Ben Lerner, JJ Bola and Derek Owusu on images of masculinity in fiction and life.
Quatermass
Matthew Sweet celebrates the classic TV sci-fi series with Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.
Halloween. Ghost Stories
Haunting stories with Kirsty Logan, Jeremy Dyson and host Shahidha Bari.
Cars, Parking and Motorways.
A discussion reflecting on automobiles, AI and the 60th anniversary of the M1 motorway.
Writing Real Life from Brexit to Grenfell
Ali Smith, Jay Bernard and James Graham join Matthew Sweet at the British Library.
