From The Sage Gateshead, historian and New Generation Thinker Joshua Nall, gives a talk on the Victorian obsession with the planet Mars for the 2012 Free Thinking festival. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, academic Sue-Ann Harding gives a talk on the difference between being an expat and an immigrant as part of the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

Medical historian Matthew Smith, one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, gives a talk on the rise of food allergies entitled 'peanut panic', for the 2012 Free Thinking festival. Show more

Charlotte Blease, one of Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, gives a talk questioning the relationship between doctors and patients, recorded at the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

From Free Thinking 2012, New Generation Thinker Adriana Sinclair gives a talk exploring whether Britain might face a colonial future. Show more

For Free Thinking 2012, Oxford University historian and Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Jonathan Healey gives a talk questioning the value of lessons from history. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, historian and New Generation Thinker Emma Griffin gives a talk on what makes a good mother today, as part of the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, New Generation Thinker Timothy Secret gives a talk exploring how we react when looked at by animals, for Radio 3's 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

From The Sage Gateshead, Nandini Das, a Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, gives a talk on the late 16th-century craze for crime pamphlets as part of the 2012 Free Thinking Festival. Show more