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Free Thinking

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Episode 1: York Festival of Ideas - Wars of the Roses

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Rana Mitter chairs a debate from the 2013 York Festival of Ideas on the legacy of the War of the Roses, with historians Mark Ormrod and Sandy Grant and author Helen Castor. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Sandy Grant
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Ormrod
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Castor

Free Thinking

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Episode 2: Philosophy Night

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Rana Mitter joins the annual 12-hour Philosophy Night marathon at London's Institut Français, for Free Thinking debates on the role of philosophy in public life. Show more

Free Thinking

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Episode 3: HowTheLightGetsIn Festival

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Philip Dodd examines The Problem with Love at the HowTheLightGetsIn philosophy festival with guests Esther Rantzen, singer Pat Kane,novelist AL Kennedy and scientist Dylan Evans. Show more

Free Thinking

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Episode 4: Chalke Valley History Festival

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Anne McElvoy chairs a debate from the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History festival to examine how the British have looked to their history to give them a sense of national identity. Show more

Free Thinking

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Episode 5: York Festival of Ideas

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

As part of Radio 3's annual Free Thinking events, Rana Mitter chairs a debate from the York Festival of Ideas considering the notion 'can we afford ethical business?'. Show more