Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking - Kenzaburo Oe, Artist and Empire at Tate Britain, Japan and Cool Now
Philip Dodd reviews the newly translated novel from Nobel prize winner Kenzaburo Oe.
Free Thinking - Umberto Eco
Italian author Umberto Eco talks to Matthew Sweet about conspiracy theories and war.
Rule Making and Rule Breaking for Women and Men.
Sheila Hancock, Neil Bartlett, Bim Adewunmi and head teacher Jonny Mitchell debate rules.
Free Thinking Festival - Breathalysing Britain: Free Spirits or a Drain on Society?
David Yelland, Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, Dr Sally Marlow and Prof Barry Smith on alcohol
Free Thinking Festival - Work Available: No Humans Need Apply
Paul Mason, Lucy Armstrong and Richard and Daniel Susskind debate the future of work
Free Thinking Festival - Stage Directions
A discussion of the actor/director relationship and are there rules for good theatre?
Free Thinking Festival - The Family Is Dead! Long Live the Family!
Anne Fine, Tobias Jones, Tom Shakespeare and Professor Sarah Cunningham Burley debate.
Free Thinking Festival – Landmark: Angela Carter
Joanna Kavenna, Natasha Pulley, Susannah Clapp and Christopher Frayling on Angela Carter
The Free Thinking Festival Essay : Sculpture and Seduction in the 18th Century
Danielle Thom looks at the links between bawdy prints and classical sculpture.
The Free Thinking Festival Essay : Jews in Occupied France: Coexistence with the Enemy?
Daniel Lee revisits Vichy France to uncover a different history of Jewish life there.