Free Thinking Episodes Available now
The Free Thinking Festival Essay : Jews in Occupied France: Coexistence with the Enemy?
Daniel Lee revisits Vichy France to uncover a different history of Jewish life there.
The Free Thinking Festival Essay - Beer and the British Empire
Sam Goodman looks at the way beer was used as both beverage and medicine in Colonial India
New Generation Thinkers: Beer and the British Empire—2015 Festival, The Free Thinking Essay
8/10 Sam Goodman explores the way beer was used as both beverage and medicine in colonial India
Stage Directions: Juliet Stevenson and Natalie Abrahami in Conversation—2015 Festival
Matthew Sweet chairs a debate asking how easy it is to break rules in the theatre.
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 Pirate’s Cookbook: A Culinary Journey through the 17th Century
Joe Moshenska on Sir Kenelm Digby - alchemist, astrologer, diplomat and recipe collector.
New Generation Thinkers: Inside a Pirate's Cookbook - A Culinary Journey through the 17th Century—2015 Festival, The Free Thinking Essay
7/10 Joe Moshenska explores the travels of astrologer, diplomat and gourmet Sir Kenelm Digby.
The Rules of Good Science—2015 Festival
Jim al-Khalili, Carlos Frenk, Katy Price and Tom Shakespeare debate scientific discovery.
New Generation Thinkers: The Medieval Scottish Dream State—2015 Festival, The Free Thinking Essay
6/10 Kylie Murray explores visions of Scottishness in The Wallace and The Scotichronicon.
Old Ways, New Directions—2015 Festival
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about new ideas and lessons of the past.
