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Free Thinking

A Literary Salon.

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Jake Arnott
Interviewed Guest:
Malika Booker
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Brand
Interviewed Guest:
David Aaronovitch
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Cooper
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Free Thinking

Hay Festival: New Generation Thinkers 2016

Duration: 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

Contributors

Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Leah Broad
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Donovan
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Uchum Egbunike
Interviewed Guest:
Seb Falk
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Kissane
Interviewed Guest:
Anindya Raychaudhuri
Interviewed Guest:
Edmund Richardson
Interviewed Guest:
Sean Williams
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Free Thinking

Hisham Matar, Street Furniture, Easternisation, Katherine Cooper on Storm Jameson

Duration: 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

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hisham Matar
Presenter:
Rana Mitter
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Herring
Interviewed Guest:
Gideon Rachman
Interviewed Guest:
Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

Free Thinking

Whose Book Is it Anyway?

Duration: 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

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest:
Dennis Duncan
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Coulombeau
Interviewed Guest:
Katie McGettigan
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Rubery