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In a discussion from the University of Sunderland, Philip Dodd and a panel of students and academics considers the question of what we really want from universities and graduates. Show more
Philip Dodd chairs an audience discussion at the Sage Gateshead in which a panel debates the question Has God Gone Global?, as part of Radio 3's 2010 Free Thinking festival. Show more
Rana Mitter joins a panel and an audience for the 2010 Free Thinking festival to ask: do possessions make us happy? With novelist Sarah Dunant and religious writer Sara Maitland. Show more
Author Jacqueline Wilson launches Radio 3's 2010 Free Thinking festival of ideas with a lecture from the Sage Gateshead entitled Beyond the Fairytale: Happiness in the Real World. Show more
Presented by Rana Mitter. As part of Radio 3's 2010 Free Thinking festival, jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch delivers a lecture entitled Emancipation: A Listener's Guide. Show more
In an audience discussion given at the Sage Gateshead as part of Radio 3's Free Thinking festival, TV presenter Kevin McCloud makes a public plea for the return of craftsmanship. Show more
Anne McElvoy chairs an audience debate at the 2010 Free Thinking festival in which writer Frank Cottrell Boyce discusses the subject of marriage. Does it need rescuing? Show more
Presented by Rana Mitter. In a discussion from the 2010 Free Thinking ideas festival, Dr Angie Hobbs debates today's idea of heroism in war, social justice, the arts and sport. Show more
Matthew Sweet chairs a debate on the subject of which approach to life and art is more illuminating - comedy or tragedy. With comedian Natalie Haynes and novelist Julian Gough. Show more
In an audience discussion held at the Sage Gateshead, Philip Dodd brings together two leading thinkers and policy-makers to debate the question 'can the Government make you happy?'. Show more
Leading screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce delivers a lecture at this year's Free Thinking festival on The Joys of Failure. Bad ideas have often led to great discoveries, he claims. Show more
Matthew Sweet is joined by a round-table of guests weekend to reflect on the interviews, lectures and audience comment during the 2010 Free Thinking ideas festival. Show more
Rana Mitter hosts a debate at 2010's Free Thinking festival, entitled Academics and the Media: Friends or Foes? Is the media really the opportunity for scholars to reach millions? Show more
Presented by Anne McElvoy. Actress Fiona Shaw joins an audience discussion at The Sage Gateshead to explore the question 'what acting can teach you about life'. Show more
With Philip Dodd. In a debate from the Sage Gateshead for 2010's Free Thinking, former Metropolitan Police head Lord Blair discusses the part violence plays in human behaviour. Show more
Philip Dodd hosts a debate from one of Britain's largest second-hand bookshops in which publishers, authors and an audience of readers consider the question - is the book dead? Show more