Free Thinking Episodes Available now
Edward Bond
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the playwright Edward Bond (18 July 1934 鈥� 3 March 2024)
Sleep justice and sleeplessness
Laurence Scott talks to researchers exploring how we sleep and the idea of sleep justice
Images of Persia
Poetry by Hafez, Nowruz (New Year) and the Haft Sin table, the Mongol invasion, music.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation
Matthew Sweet and guests look at the 1974 Gene Hackman film about surveillance and murder.
New Thinking : Muses and women's creativity
From Pre-Raphaelite models to the daughter of Maud Gonne: Naomi Paxton with new research.
Sarah Maldoror, Storm Jameson, The Hague Congress
Ahead of International Women's Day, Shahidha Bari hears stories linking women with war.
The Dutch connection
John Gallagher hears about new research into Anglo-Dutch trade and early publishing.
Stitching Stories
Shahidha Bari visits a textile art show + research on embroidery, stage outfits & vintage
Can - Future Days
Matthew Sweet and guests take a deep dive into the influential German group's 1973 album
Myths, ships and history
Anna McKay, Lloyd Belton and Oliver Finnegan delve in the deep for seafaring histories.
