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Free Thinking

Landmark: Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Simon Heffer, New Generation Thinker Will Abberley, director of Fun Palaces Stella Duffy and Tiffany Jenkins join Matthew Sweet to debate the ideas of poet Matthew Arnold. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Simon Heffer
Interviewed Guest:
Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Free Thinking

Bella Bathurst, Mike Figgis, Birds in British literature, 2017 New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt on music and health

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Bella Bathurst discussing deafness, Daisy Fancourt on the arts and public health, Will Abberley on birds in literature and Mike Figgis on plotting. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Bella Bathurst
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy Fancourt
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Figgis
Producer:
Karl Bos

Free Thinking

Our Relationship with Animals

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Chris Packham discusses his 'animal symphony', Will Abberley reviews a Wellcome Collection show, Helen Pilcher on the science of de-extinction and Alan Hook on computing for cats. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Nitin Sawhney
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Pilcher

Free Thinking

Dadaism, The Invisible Present, National Treasures

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet presents. With a discussion about the founding of Dadaism, an exhibition about notions of time and a debate about when a celebrity becomes a 'national treasure'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Street-Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Lord Grade

Free Thinking

Barbara Kruger, Laurie Penny, The Minds of Molecules

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

American artist Barbara Kruger often uses black and white images overlaid with bold captions exploring gender and identity. She discusses feminism with journalist Laurie Penny. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Kruger
Interviewed Guest:
Laurie Penny
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Georgia Catt

Free Thinking

Rebecca Solnit, Wonder Woman, Submarine Films

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Matthew Sweet discusses the powers of Wonder Woman and the claustrophobia of submarine films, and Rebecca Solnit talks about 'mansplaining' - men explaining things to women. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Solnit
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Marchant
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Lepore
Interviewed Guest:
Will Abberley
Producer:
Zahid Warley