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Free Thinking - Utopianism in Politics
Is politics about building a better world, or simply the art of the possible?
Free Thinking – Delacroix. Petain, De Gaulle. Jonathan Lynn
Jonathan Lynn & his play about Petain & de Gaulle; Delacroix discussed by Philip Dodd
Free Thinking – Hieronymus Bosch anniversary
Tom Shakespeare joins Matthew Sweet in Holland for an exhibition marking Bosch 1450-1516.
Free Thinking – Screaming Lord Sutch on Stage. Margaret McMillan. Artificial Neural Networks.
Playwright James Graham discusses his new comedy which puts Screaming Lord Sutch on stage
Dadaism's 100th anniversary.
Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.
Free Thinking - Dadaism's 100th anniversary
Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.
Free Thinking - Dadaism's 100th anniversary
Matthew Sweet looks at the founding of the Dada movement 100 years ago.
Free Thinking -Joseph Crawhall; Madame Bovary by Peepolykus; Rona Munro's The James plays; and Matthew Parris on biography.
Anne McElvoy profiles the painter Joseph Crawhall one of the lost masters of British art
Free Thinking – John Irving
Philip Dodd interviews John Irving whose latest novel is called Avenue of Mysteries.
Free Thinking - Dad's Army; States of Mind at the Wellcome Institute; Utopia in sci-fi
Marking Dad's Army on film, Matthew Sweet looks at the fifth column.