Highlights from 2009's Free Thinking ideas festival, including Sarah Hall on what influences her books, BBC journalist Hugh Pym on the credit crunch and speed-dating with a thinker. Show more

In a talk from 2009's Free Thinking festival, scientist Tom Shakespeare asks how art can help solve complex moral issues like the right to die and ante-natal disability screeening. Show more

In an interview from Free Thinking 2009, Foreign Secretary David Miliband talks to Philip Dodd about his family background, his political life and his vision for democracy. Show more

In an audience discussion recorded at 2009's Free Thinking festival, Philip Dodd and guests debate which is the greater human achievement - sport or the arts. Show more

As part of Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival of ideas, Anne McElvoy is joined by novelist Lionel Shriver for an audience discussion about her 1996 novel A Perfectly Good Family. Show more

Globe-trotting architect Dan Cruickshank puts the case for the restoration, repair and recreation of lost historic buildings in a lecture given at the 2009 Free Thinking festival. Show more

For Free Thinking 2009, Julia Neuberger gives a lecture arguing that intergenerational relationships in Britain are at an all-time low - and that our senior citizens are neglected. Show more

Presented by Matthew Sweet. Tanya Byron delivers the opening lecture in Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival, giving her vision of the challenges ahead for the 21st century family. Show more

At the 2009 Free Thinking festival, Anne McElvoy introduces a discussion at the Sage, Gateshead, in which Ken Livingstone asks if the North-South divide still matters. Show more

Psychotherapist Gwen Adshead on why we must come to terms with womens' involvement with some of the most serious crimes. Philip Dodd hosts. Contains some disturbing images. Show more

For 2009's Free Thinking festival, music producer William Orbit presents his personal guide to the world of sound in a special event in front of an audience at the Sage, Gateshead. Show more

Recorded in front of an audience at the Sage in Gateshead, Rana Mitter hosts a public debate as part of the 2009 Free Thinking festival of ideas: Is The West Losing Its Nerve? Show more

As part of BBC Radio 3's 2009 Free Thinking festival, former England cricket captain and president of the British Psychoanalytical Society Michael Brearley talks about leadership. Show more

Richard Moss hosts a panel debate at the 2009 Free Thinking ideas festival asking if the 21st century is a hostile environment for men and what sort of future lies ahead for them. Show more

Prof Lisa Jardine, of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, gives a lecture on why the science of reproduction will create some of the most challenging ethical dilemmas. Show more

Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the rivers of the North East: the Tyne, Tees and Wear. Do they unite the region or are they used to suggest a cultural unity that does not exist? Show more