Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and the Future of Arts Broadcasting
Philip Dodd chairs a debate about arts broadcasting past and present.
Tiananmen Square and Modern China
Rana Mitter discusses modern China and the anniversary of uprisings in Tiananmen Square.
Sir Terry Farrell, London's Skyline, Joshua Ferris
Matthew Sweet talks to American novelist Joshua Ferris. Plus how high should London build?
Arianna Huffington, Stress in Business, Zia Haider Rahman, Maya Angelou Tribute
Arianna Huffington talks to Anne McElvoy about measuring success using 'The Third Metric'.
Hay Festival: PJ O'Rourke, Steven D Levitt, Stephen J Dubner
PJ O'Rourke and writers of Freakonomics join Rana Mitter at the 2015 Hay Festival.
Cities, Export of Empire, India's New Story
Rana Mitter and Tristram Hunt on how Britain's empire gave shape to today's global cities.
Essay writing, Tim Winton
Anne McElvoy looks at the resurgence of non-fiction writing and the essay as a form.
Writers and their notebooks
Lawrence Norfolk, AS Byatt, Wendy Cope, Bidisha and David Mitchell on writers' notebooks.
John Clare, Jimmy Wales and the Right to be Forgotten, Borowczyk Retrospective
Iain Sinclair talks to Matthew Sweet about a walk to mark John Clare's death 150 years ago
Nick Payne's Incognito, Penny Dreadful on TV, Helen McCarthy and Baroness Neville-Jones on Female Diplomats
Anne McElvoy talks about the brain to Nick Payne; Victorian Gothic on TV in Penny Dreadful
