Arts & Ideas Episodes Available now
Free Thinking Festival - The Rules Of Good Science
Jim al-Khalili, Carlos Frenk, Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare debate scientific discovery
The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Inside a Pirateβs Cookbook: A Culinary Journey through the 17th Century
Joe Moshenska on Sir Kenelm Digby - alchemist, astrologer, diplomat and recipe collector.
The Free Thinking Festival Essay: The Medieval Scottish Dream State
Kylie Murray explores visions of Scottishness in The Wallace and The Scotichronicon.
Free Thinking Festival - Old Ways, New Directions.
"Tweeting" shepherd James Rebanks and Professor Veronica Strang on traditional thinking.
The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Kilts, Celts and Clearances in World War One
Peter Mackay on what kilt wearing meant for some soldiers fighting World War One
The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Nancy Cunard: The Rebellious Heiress
Sandeep Parmar on the life of the anti racist campaigner, modernist muse and heiress
Free Thinking Festival - Putting Competition to the Test
Margaret Heffernan, Matthew Syed, Cath Bishop and Christopher Frayling explore success.
The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Women on Their Own: Widows in Britain, Now and Then
Nadine Muller on the status of the widow in fact and fiction β
Free Thinking Festival - In Conversation With Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins explores religion, culture and science talking to Philip Dodd.
Free Thinking Festival - Breaking News - Telling Stories in Fact and Fiction
Bim Adewunmi John Yorke Emily Woof and Allan Little join Matthew Sweet at Sage Gateshead
