BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Are the arts saving Margate?

Philip Dodd finds out about the Turner Contemporary’s impact. Plus writer Maggie Gee.

New research taking love stories out of the vaults and into the gay bar.

What does who we date and how we date say about us?

Writers Ben Lerner, JJ Bola & Derek Owusu on images of masculinity in fiction and life

Shahidha Bari looks at news past and present from hangings to updating TV news bulletins.

Le Gateau Chocolat, Lucy McCormick and Gaylene Gould with Matthew Sweet at the Barbican.

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome... Cabaret and club culture, recorded at the Barbican.

Carrie Reichardt, Peter Bazalgette, Zahed Tajeddin and Rebecca Newell with Anne McElvoy.

Who decides what’s worth saving and what is culturally significant to protect in wartime?

Writers Ben Lerner, JJ Bola and Derek Owusu on images of masculinity in fiction and life.