BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

New Thinking: Shakespeare's Life Lessons

Scholars Emma Smith, Patrick Gray, and Emma Whipday find examples in different dramas

Shahidha Bari reads I Tituba, the story of the West Indian slave accused in Salem.

Shahida Bari reads I Tituba, the story of the West Indian slave accused in Salem.

Matthew Sweet with Outlander creator Diana Gabaldon, historian Tom Devine and John Cook

Matthew Sweet, Adam Scovell, Muriel Zagha and Phuong Le on the 1971 French comedy.

Matthew Sweet, Adam Scovell, Muriel Zagha and Phuong Le on the 1971 French comedy.

A novel from 1979 which uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma.

A novel from 1979 that uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma

Matthew Sweet re-reads a classic of French postmodernism.

Matthew Sweet re-reads a classic of French postmodern theory