BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Frieze: Museums in the 21st century

Anne McElvoy talks to the directors at London's National Gallery, Yale and New York's Met

Do poets choose their words or are they predetermined?

Do poets choose their words or are they predetermined?

New ways of thinking about global problems - Rana Mitter reads this year's shortlist.

New ways of thinking about global problems - Rana Mitter reads this year's shortlist.

Literally "breaking the fast" - Matthew Sweet moves from the Full English to Tiffany's.

Literally "breaking the fast" - Matthew Sweet moves from the Full English to Tiffany's.

A history of indexes and ideas about tidiness, clutter and archiving in Ruth Ozeki's novel

Clutter, indexes, and jazz improvisation. Ruth Ozeki and others join Shahidha Bari

Novelist Colm Toibin joins Anne McElvoy to discuss the German author's life and struggles.