Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Simon Russell Beale; Derek Jarman
Simon Russell Beale talks about playing King Lear; an appraisal of Derek Jarman's career.
Japanese History, Chinese Democracy
Rana Mitter talks to Zhang Weiwei, one of China's leading public intellectuals.
Suicide; black British actors; Roma; audio games
Matthew Sweet explores the sound of gaming and the way we talk about suicide.
Oscar Nominations, Steve McQueen, Slavery Narratives
Director Steve McQueen talks to Matthew Sweet talks about his new film 12 Years a Slave.
Girls, Daniel Alarcon, The Constitution
Presented by Samira Ahmed. With the TV series Girls, Daniel Alarcon and the constitution.
TS Eliot Prize, Rebecca Lenkiewicz on The Oresteia
Sin茅ad Morrissey on winning the TS Eliot poetry prize; Rebecca Lenkiewicz on The Oresteia.
Landmark: George Dangerfield's The Strange Death of Liberal England
Philip Dodd and guests discuss George Dangerfield's The Strange Death of Liberal England.
Breaking Free: Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities
William Boyd, Margaret Drabble and Matthew Sweet discuss Musil's The Man Without Qualities
European Cities on the Brink of War
AS Byatt, Alexandra Harris, Neil Brand and Philipp Blom on culture in Europe pre-WWI.
Penny Woolcock—2013 Festival
Director Penny Woolcock talks to Samira Ahmed about working in opera and film.
