Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Landmark: Rashomon
David Peace and Natasha Pulley look at the writing of Akutagawa and the film by Kurosawa.
Japan and Nature
The photographs of Mika Ninagawa and the new novel from Hideo Yokoyama, with Anne McElvoy.
Learning from Sweden
From IKEA to Bergman and ABBA - Matthew Sweet looks at Sweden's impact on Britain.
Shakespeare, Creativity and the Role of the Writer
Warwickshire words in the Bard's verse + the real Cleopatra. And playwright Ella Hickson.
The Politics of Fashion and Drag
Shahidha Bari talks to Jenny Gilbert about fashion & Scrumbly Koldewyn about The Cockettes
Marilynne Robinson
The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter.
Macbeth and Things Fall Apart
Jo Nesb酶 and Mark Ravenhill on the Scottish Play; Chinua Achebe's novel about leadership.
British New Wave Films of the '60s
Matthew Sweet evaluates the legacy of the film company behind A Taste of Honey & The Knack
Death Comes to Us All—Festival 2018 - The One and the Many
Richard Holloway, Kathryn Mannix and Kevin Toolis debate the end of life with Philip Dodd.
What do we mean by 'Working Class Writing'?—Festival 2018 - The One and the Many
Kit de Waal, Darren McGarvey, Adelle Stripe and Michael Chaplin with Shahidha Bari.
