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2012 Festival

Jonathan Healey

Jonathan Healey gives a talk questioning the value of lessons from history.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Emma Griffin

From Free Thinking 2012, Emma Griffin gives a talk on what makes a good mother today.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Timothy Secret

Timothy Secret gives a talk exploring how we react when looked at by animals.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Nandini Das

Nandini Das gives a talk on the 16th-century crime pamphlet craze at Free Thinking 2012.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Joshua Nall

Joshua Nall gives a talk on Mars and the Victorians at the 2012 Free Thinking Festival.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Sue-Ann Harding

Sue-Ann Harding gives a talk entitled 'expat or immigrant' at Free Thinking 2012.

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith gives a talk on peanuts and the rise of food allergies at Free Thinking 2012

• 15 mins

2012 Festival

Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel gives a talk arguing that sexuality is a choice at Free Thinking 2012.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Aliens: The Ultimate Them and Us

From the 2012 Free Thinking festival, Matthew Sweet chairs a debate on aliens.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Revolution and Democracy: The Arab Spring

Jeremy Bowen and Tarek Osman discuss the Arab Spring at the 2012 Free Thinking festival.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Ian Goldin

Ian Goldin gives a talk entitled Globalisation and the Future at Free Thinking 2012.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Colm Toibin

Irish writer Colm Toibin talks to Philip Dodd at the 2012 Free Thinking festival.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Lindsay Johns

From Free Thinking 2012, Lindsay Johns argues that we should stop listening to the young.

• 45 mins

2012 Festival

Philippa Gregory

Novelist Philippa Gregory talks to Rana Mitter at the 2012 Free Thinking festival.

• 45 mins

Peter Brook

Peter Brook 1925-2022: the theatre director in conversation with Matthew Sweet in 2013.

• 45 mins

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

York Festival of Ideas - Wars of the Roses

Rana Mitter examines the legacy of the War of the Roses at the 2013 York Festival of Ideas

• 45 mins

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Philosophy Night

Rana Mitter chairs a debate from the Philosophy Night marathon at the Insitut Fran莽ais.

• 45 mins

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

HowTheLightGetsIn Festival

Philip Dodd examines The Problem with Love at the How the Light Gets In festival in Hay.

• 45 mins

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

Chalke Valley History Festival

A debate on how the British have looked to their history for a sense of national identity.

• 45 mins

Free Thinking in Summer 2013

York Festival of Ideas

Rana Mitter with a debate from the York Festival of Ideas. Can we afford ethical business?

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Derry-Londonderry's Cultural History

How Derry-Londonderry and its citizens have been shaped by political and religious history

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Michael Grigsby's Film-making Career

Matthew Sweet discusses the work of the late film director Michael Grigsby.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Michael Marmot on Self-Control

Michael Marmot's Free Thinking Lecture, asking 'Is self-control the key to a long life?'.

• 60 mins

2013 Festival

Are We at a Tipping Point? Controlling Infection and Combatting Disease

Professor Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, lectures on disease.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Science Fiction and Surveillance: Zamyatin's We

Matthew Sweet discusses Zamyatin's 1919 novel We, which depicts spying in a glass city.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Power to the People: What Choices Do We Have?

David Skelton, David Aaronovitch and Julie Moore discuss power and consultation.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

How on Earth Can We Cope with Less?

Philip Dodd chairs a discussion about scarcity, sustainability and creativity.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Controlling Moods and Minds: Depression and Smart Drugs

A debate about depression, decision-making and the morality of medical treatments.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

Teaching the Teachers: The Future of Education

Lecture in which Professor Sugata Mitra talks about teaching ourselves using computers.

• 45 mins

2013 Festival

An Interview with John Waters

Filmmaker John Waters talks to Samira Ahmed about Hairspray, hitchhiking and Baltimore.

• 45 mins