Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Russian Nationalism. Scythians. Hull and Port Talbot on stage.
Anne McElvoy talks to Anne Applebaum and Serhii Plokhy about Russian-Ukrainian history.
Kathe Kollwitz, John Ashbery, Social Conservatism in US and Europe
Art and irony - Philip Dodd and Joanna Kavenna on the Kathe Kollwitz show in Birmingham.
Washing in Public. Sir Peter Hall (1930 - 2017)
Public pools, the 'steamie' and the Turkish bath are explored by Matthew Sweet and guests.
Partition: Novelists' views of India and Pakistan now
Neel Mukherjee, Preti Taneja, Mohsin Hamid and Nadeem Aslam talk to Anne McElvoy.
Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy
Matthew Sweet and guests debate the contemporary relevance of ideas of poet Matthew Arnold
Art in the Age of Black Power, History of Racist Ideas in US
Including the art of the black power movement and the history of racist ideas in the US.
Queer Icons: Plato's Symposium. Part of Gay Britannia
Shahidha Bari discusses LGBTQ in the history of philosophy. Plus the 2017 Caine Prize.
Writing Love: Jonathan Dollimore, Heer Ranjha, Sappho
Including the Punjabi Romeo and Juliet and the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence.
Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett on wild swimming, Jake Arnott on Joe Orton
Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Jane Burnett discuss the literary power of the sea.
Food
Matthew Sweet and his guests explore the joys of food.
