Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Peter Carey, A History Manifesto
With Peter Carey's novel Amnesia and debating whether history can rescue public policy.
Landmark: Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu
A landmark edition celebrating Proust's great novel In Search of Lost Time.
William Morris, Our Town, The Roosevelts
With two William Morris exhibitions, the play Our Town and the documentary The Roosevelts.
David Baddiel, Shlomo Sand, Julie Burchill
Rana Mitter is joined by David Baddiel, Shlomo Sand and Julie Burchill.
Man Booker Prize, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Aristotle
Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet discuss Sherlock Holmes. Plus the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
Anselm Kiefer and Sigmar Polke, Henry IV, Patrick Modiano
Anne McElvoy discusses Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Shakespeare's Henry IV.
Tim Minchin, Shami Chakrabarti, David Cronenberg
Matthew Sweet is joined by Tim Minchin, Shami Chakrabarti and film-maker David Cronenberg.
Matthew Barzun, Speed-the-Plow Review
Anne McElvoy is joined by the US ambassador to Britain. Plus a review of Speed-the-Plow.
Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra, Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace
Rana Mitter with a first-night review of Sophocles' Electra, starring Kristin Scott Thomas
Neel Mukherjee, Images of China
Matthew Sweet talks to novelist Neel Mukherjee, shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
