Michael Talbot from the University of Greenwich tells stories of Turkish raiders, sea patrols and midwater borders in an Essay recorded at the Free Thinking Festival. Show more
You oppose art being banned. But would a movie that calls for you to be killed change your view of censorship? Iain Robert Smith opens the BBFC archives on the Rushdie affair. Show more
Sarah Goldsmith from the University of Leicester explores the way the C18th craze for weight lifting fed into ideas about masculinity. Recorded at the 2019 Free Thinking Festival. Show more
Lisa Mullen asks whether some contributions to literature are less equal than others as she reads newly discovered letters showing the influence of George Orwell's wife Eileen. Show more
Dafydd Mills Daniel from the University of Oxford looks at links between the United Nations, Richard III, Disney's Jiminy Cricket and arguments about religious conscience. Show more
