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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with leading artists and thinkers in extended interview and debate.

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Free Thinking Essay

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival: Free Thinking Essay: Part 4: Breeding the Mongrel: Language Wars in Early Modern England

Breeding the Mongrel: Language Wars in Early Modern England

Part 4 Part 4: Breeding the Mongrel: Language Wars in Early Modern England

2013 Festival

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John Gallagher on how 16th and 17th-century global travellers shaped English speech.

John Gallagher of Cambridge University outlines the impact 16th and 17th-century global exploration and trade had on the English language.

Defenders of traditional English language and grammar often present themselves as purists but New Generation Thinker John Gallagher, from Cambridge University, argues that we have always borrowed words and adapted phrases. His essay outlines the impact C16th and C17th global exploration and trade had on our native tongue.

Producer: Neil Trevithick

First broadcast in October 2013.

Free Thinking: 2013 Festival

Free Thinking Essay

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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

Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers give talks in front of an audience at Free Thinking 2013

Series in which Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers give talks in front of an audience at Sage Gateshead for the 2013 Free Thinking festival of ideas. The theme is 'who's in control?'

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