BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Why we read and the idea of the "woman writer"

From Elizabethan Anne Dowriche, Victorian Anne Bronte to why women say they read now.

Laurence Scott looks at the rise of vegetarianism, a basic income, world peace and nudism.

Nudism, camping, and vegetarianism: the Life Reform movement explained.

From Elizabethan poet Anne Dowriche and Anne Bronte to what women say they read now.

Rana Mitter, Sally Potter and philosophers discuss whether you can philosophise with film

Rana Mitter, Sally Potter and philosophers discuss thought experiments and cinema.

Shahidha Bari investigates Wittgenstein's response to scepticism

Matthew Sweet lifts the lid on panpsychism, a radical movement in philosophy

Shahidha Bari investigates how Wittgenstein meets the challenge of scepticism.

Matthew Sweet lifts the lid on a radical movement in philosophy.