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Free Thinking - TE Lawrence on stage. Jeremy Thorpe. Privacy.
Playwright Howard Brenton and director Adrian Noble discuss dramas depicting TE Lawrence.
Free Thinking - The Winter's Tale Landmark
Samuel West, Carol Rutter, Michael Dobson and Matthew Sweet discuss The Winter's Tale.
Free Thinking - Sounds of Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Bookshelf
Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare
Free Thinking - Sicily. John Hardyng's Chronicle. The London Library
Anne McElvoy on Sicily plus the London Library at 175 with Tom Stoppard.
Free Thinking - Slavoj Zizek.
Philip Dodd debates migration, global solidarity with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek
Free Thinking - Landmark: Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Konstantin von Eggert, Sophie Fiennes and Geoff Dyer discuss Tarkovsky's 1979 film.
Free Thinking - Syrian buildings. Judging Book Prizes. Georgian Literature
Anne McElvoy talks to architect Marwa Al-Sabouni about Syria's built environment.
British Conceptual Art.
Philip Dodd talks to artist Bruce McLean about British Conceptual Art on show at Tate.
Jonathan Coe and Richard Cameron on stage at Birmingham Rep
Matthew Sweet talks to Jonathan Coe about the first stage production of The Rotter's Club
Free Thinking - Economics: Liam Byrne, John Redwood, Luke Johnson, Juliet Michaelson and Matt Wolf
Anne McElvoy considers new books from Thomas Piketty and Yanis Varoufakis.