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Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Derry-Londonderry

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Derry-Londonderry: Part 1: Derry-Londonderry's Cultural History

Derry-Londonderry's Cultural History

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How Derry-Londonderry and its citizens have been shaped by political and religious history

Mathew Sweet chairs a debate from Derry-Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013, examining how the city and its citizens have been shaped by its political and religious history.

Free Thinking is BBC Radio 3's hugely popular festival of ideas and provocative debate which this year has been taking events across the UK.

In the first of 2 programmes from Derry Londonderry Radio 3's Matthew Sweet will be celebrating the city's status as City of Culture 2013 and exploring its cultural past and present with a series of discussions, events and interviews recorded at The Playhouse

From its world-famous walls to its history of 'no surrender', Derry is a city in which history and politics exert real power. But what is the city like for its citizens, as a place to live and work? Radio 3's Matthew Sweet invites writer Owen Hatherley, Derry-based architect Mary Kerrigan and local crime writer Brian McGilloway to reflect on the architecture and landscape of Derry, on its multiple identities, from Londonderry to Stroke City to LegenDerry, and on how its political and religious history has shaped not only its buildings, but also the lives of its citizens

This event is chaired by Matthew Sweet and was recorded at the Playhouse Theatre in Derry-Londonderry, this year's UK City of Culture

Free Thinking has been festivals throughout the summer including HowTheLightGetsIn at Hay, the Institute Français Philosophy Night in London, York Festival of Ideas and the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival in Wiltshire. These events lead the way towards Free Thinking's annual weekend of debate at the Sage, Gateshead on October 25th to 27th.

Producer Laura Thomas.

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival

Derry-Londonderry

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Series of events from the 2013 Free Thinking festival. The theme is 'who's in control?'

Discussions and events celebrating Derry-Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture 2013

Matthew Sweet celebrates Derry-Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture 2013, exploring its cultural past and present with a series of discussions, events and interviews recorded at the Playhouse

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