1054 Episodes

  1. Betrayal

    Published: 3/26/2019
  2. Childhood faces and fears

    Published: 3/21/2019
  3. Empathy

    Published: 3/20/2019
  4. George Szirtes, Valeria Luiselli, Jhumpa Lahiri

    Published: 3/19/2019
  5. Partition, colonial power and the voices of C16th women

    Published: 3/14/2019
  6. The Council Estate in Culture

    Published: 3/13/2019
  7. Is British Culture Getting Wierder?

    Published: 3/12/2019
  8. Women, relationships and the law past and present

    Published: 3/7/2019
  9. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

    Published: 3/6/2019
  10. David Bailey, Don McCullin

    Published: 3/5/2019
  11. The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature.

    Published: 3/4/2019
  12. Skeuomorphs, Design and Modern Craft

    Published: 2/28/2019
  13. Jack the Ripper and women as victims

    Published: 2/26/2019
  14. Images of Japan

    Published: 2/21/2019
  15. Authority in the Era of Populism

    Published: 2/21/2019
  16. The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature

    Published: 2/20/2019
  17. Patti LuPone

    Published: 2/19/2019
  18. Scented gloves and gossip: civility and news in the Renaissance

    Published: 2/15/2019
  19. Love

    Published: 2/14/2019
  20. Africa Babel China

    Published: 2/13/2019

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Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.