Matthew Sweet hosts Free Thinking's Literature Salon with a host of guests: Jake Arnott, Malika Booker, Neil Brand, David Aaronovitch and Katherine Cooper. Show more
Free Thinking
Hay Festival: New Generation Thinkers 2016
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Rana Mitter introduces the ten academics named as the New Generation Thinkers for 2016. They share interesting facts from their research with an audience at Hay Festival. Show more
Free Thinking
Hisham Matar, Street Furniture, Easternisation, Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Rana Mitter with Hisham Matar's search for his father, Eleanor Herring on street furniture and New Generation Thinker Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson, plus 'easternisation'. Show more
Free Thinking
Whose Book Is it Anyway?
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Anne McElvoy and her guests explore the rise of reading in Britain, from the monasteries to the political pamphlet war to the rise of 'middle-brow' and niche publishing. Show more