<p>Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives – looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| Women, relationships and the law past and present | 2019-03-07 | ||
| The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing | 2019-03-06 | ||
| David Bailey, Don McCullin | 2019-03-05 | ||
| The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature. | 2019-03-04 | ||
| Skeuomorphs, Design and Modern Craft | 2019-02-28 | ||
| Jack the Ripper and women as victims | 2019-02-26 | ||
| Images of Japan | 2019-02-21 | ||
| Authority in the Era of Populism | 2019-02-21 | ||
| The joy of sewing, poet Fatimah Asghar, Painting in miniature | 2019-02-20 | ||
| Patti LuPone | 2019-02-19 | ||
| Scented gloves and gossip: civility and news in the Renaissance | 2019-02-15 | ||
| Love | 2019-02-14 | ||
| Africa Babel China | 2019-02-13 | ||
| Spike Lee | 2019-02-12 | ||
| Self Knowledge, Global Catastrophe and Simulated Worlds | 2019-02-07 | ||
| Encylopedias and Knowledge: from Diderot to Wikipedia. | 2019-02-06 | ||
| Street Culture, Protests, Food. | 2019-02-05 | ||
| Sea Goings | 2019-01-31 | ||
| Slavoj Zizek, Camille Paglia, Flemming Rose | 2019-01-30 | ||
| Art & Refugees from Nazi Germany. | 2019-01-29 |