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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.

Shahidha Bari

Juan Vasquez

Javier Cercas

Elif Shafak

Fiona McLean

Free Thinking: Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas

Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas

29/05/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas

Shahidha Bari chairs a discussion recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival.

The lure of conspiracy theories, writing history as fiction and the public role of writer are debated at Hay by Elif Shafak, Javier Cercas, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Shahidha Bari.

The lure of conspiracy theories, the power of fiction to translate history and the public role of writer are debated as Shahidha Bari chairs a discussion recorded with the Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez, the Spanish writer Javier Cercas and the Turkish author Elif Shafak - recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival.

Javier Cercas' latest novel is The Impostor and his essay about fiction is called The Blind Spot.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez's new novel is called The Shape of the Ruins. 
Elif Shafak is the author of novels including The Architect's Apprentice, Honour and Three Daughters of Eve.

Producer: Fiona McLean.

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