<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 | ||
| Tin cans, cutlery and sewing | 2023-02-28 | ||
| Ghosts of Caribbean History | 2023-02-24 | ||
| Climate change and empire building | 2023-02-23 | ||
| Phaedra, Cretan palaces and the minotaur | 2023-02-21 | ||
| Idrissa Ouédraogo | 2023-02-16 | ||
| Stories of Love | 2023-02-14 | ||
| Donkeys | 2023-02-09 | ||
| The Heir of Redclyffe | 2023-02-09 | ||
| Lady Macbeth | 2023-02-08 | ||
| Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills | 2023-02-08 | ||
| Gwendolyn Brooks | 2023-02-07 | ||
| The mermaid-like Mélusine | 2023-02-03 | ||
| Crossroads and TV soaps | 2023-02-02 | ||
| The English Civil War | 2023-01-31 | ||
| Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 | 2023-01-26 | ||
| William Stukeley | 2023-01-25 | ||
| Audrey Hepburn | 2023-01-19 | ||
| Higher Education for women and working class students | 2023-01-18 | ||
| The Wife of Bath | 2023-01-17 | ||
| New Thinking: Language Loss and revival | 2023-01-13 |