BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Faking It and Trompe-l'oeil

From fake flowers carved by Grinling Gibbons to modern craft and internet images.

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss what inspired Marvin Gaye's 1971 album What's Going On?

Ahead of a performance at the London Jazz Festival, what history underpins the album?

One of the key French existentialists in the 50s, how does Simone de Beauvoir read today?

One of the key French Existentialists of the 1950s, how does de Beauvoir read today?

Reseach into covid comics, codes in Dickens, projecting books onto hospital ceilings.

Research into covid comics, codes in Dickens, projecting books onto hospital ceilings.

Labradors Olive and Mabel became a Covid internet hit - can we know what a dog thinks?

How do we define a war? Anne McElvoy and guests look at how language changes attitudes.

How do we define a war? Anne McElvoy and guests look at how language changes attitudes.