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Free Thinking Essay: England's First European
John Gallagher marks the 400th anniversary of Fynes Moryson's great travel book.
Free Thinking Festival: The Never-Ending Workday
Sathnam Sanghera, Judy Wajcman, Griselda Togobo and Robert Colvile on time and working.
The Essay - The Magic Years
Medical historian Matthew Smith on 1970s US psychiatry - a time of hope and promise.
Essay - The Magic Years
Medical historian Matthew Smith on 1970s US psychiatry - a time of hope and promise.
Free Thinking Festival: The Speed of Revolution
Bettany Hughes, Richard J Evans and John Hall join Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage
The Essay - Faith, Fire and the Family
Catherine Fletcher on the story of her grandfather, a missionary in India.
Free Thinking Festival: Doing Time/Confinement
Terry Waite, Erwin James and Cleo Van Velsen on the experience of isolation.
Free Thinking Essay: Russia's Sacred Ruins
Victoria Donovan on the dilemmas of post-war reconstruction in Soviet Russia.
The Essay - The British Writer and the Refugee
Katherine Cooper on the work by British writers to save colleagues in Europe during WW2.
Free Thinking Festival: Quick Reactions
Damon Hill,Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lincoln Jopp on pressured decision-making at top speed