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Free Thinking: 2011

Free Thinking: 2011: The Foreign Secretary William Hague

The Foreign Secretary William Hague

08/11/2011

2011

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, 2011, The Foreign Secretary William Hague

Anne McElvoy talks to Foreign Secretary William Hague at the 2011 Free Thinking festival.

As part of BBC Radio 3's 2011 Free Thinking festival, Anne McElvoy is joined by Foreign Secretary William Hague, who discusses his views on Britain's changing place in the world.

The Foreign Secretary William Hague is interviewed by Anne McElvoy at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival 2011. The central theme for this year's festival is Change, and William Hague discusses the dramatic changes taking throughout the globe and Britain's role in this transforming world order. 

At the age of 50 the Rt Hon William Hague MP must be our youngest elder statesman. The MP for Richmond (Yorkshire) has been Welsh Secretary, Leader of the Conservative Party for five years, and since May 2010 the British Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State. Night Waves presenter Anne McElvoy hosts an indepth interview recorded at The Sage Gateshead in front of an audience at the 2011 Free Thinking festival of ideas. 

The BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival takes place at The Sage Gateshead 4 - 6 November and is broadcast on Radio 3 from Friday 4 November for three weeks.

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Series of events from the 2011 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is change

Series of events from the 2011 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is change, exploring the mania for change around the globe

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