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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 2: The Real Game of Thrones: Power in 15th-Century England

The Real Game of Thrones: Power in 15th-Century England

Part 2 Part 2: The Real Game of Thrones: Power in 15th-Century England

2013 Festival

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Sarah Peverley explores shifts in royal power during the Wars of the Roses.

Sarah Peverley of Liverpool University examines the contest for the English throne, asking how people living through the Wars of the Roses perceived shifts in royal power.

A 15th-century English monarch was appointed by God and had absolute supremacy but how was that belief shaken when medieval kings were unfit to rule or the throne was contested? New Generation Thinker Sarah Peverley, from Liverpool University, looks at the way the people viewed their rulers during the Wars of the Roses.

Producer: Fiona McLean

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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