BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Going Underground

Shahidha Bari and guests discuss caves: from Nottingham to Borneo, in art and stories.

Shahidha Bari, Matthew Herbert, the Goldsmith Prize winners and poet Stephen Sexton

Benjamin Franklin in the Lakes, the former slave who invented light bulbs, ganzflicker

Jane Smiley, Christopher Prendergast, Jayne Haynes, Marie Darrieussecq with Matthew Sweet

Anne McElvoy and guests look at the arguments explored in the plays of Shaw (1856-1950).

Anne McElvoy and guests look at the arguments explored in the plays of Shaw (1856-1950)

Shahidha Bari talks to the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for creative daring.

New research on Benjamin Franklin in Cumbria, the Kenwood, lightbulbs and ganzflicker.

Lisa Mullen and guests compare the extraordinary uses of two contrasting materials.

The extraordinary uses of two contrasting materials.