<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 | ||
| Slavery Stories | 2018-11-28 | ||
| Plagues, Urban Inequality and Restricted Books | 2018-11-27 | ||
| Leadership: lessons from US Presidents and campaigners. | 2018-11-23 | ||
| The Left Behind | 2018-11-21 | ||
| What kind of history should we write? | 2018-11-21 | ||
| Buses, beer and VR - a taste of university research. | 2018-11-15 | ||
| Death rituals | 2018-11-14 | ||
| Lost Words and Language | 2018-11-14 | ||
| Why are we silent when conflict is loud? | 2018-11-08 | ||
| Butterflies and Bloodstains: Fragments of the First World War | 2018-11-08 | ||
| Landmark: Journey to the End of the Night | 2018-11-07 | ||
| Wilfred Owen: Poetry and Peace. | 2018-11-06 | ||
| Re-thinking the Human Condition | 2018-11-01 | ||
| Religious divisions, puppet shows and politics. | 2018-10-31 | ||
| The Memes that Make Us Laugh | 2018-10-30 | ||
| From the Gallows to the Holy Land: Medieval Pilgrimage | 2018-10-26 | ||
| The Dark and Political Messages of Kids Fiction. | 2018-10-25 | ||
| Mike Leigh | 2018-10-24 | ||
| Playing God | 2018-10-23 | ||
| Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands | 2018-10-18 |