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Free Thinking

Radio 4's ideas programme, where leading thinkers explore the threads connecting history, culture, and the present.

62 books

Books

Cover of Following Franco

Following Franco

by Duncan Wheeler
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Nov 14, 2025
Cover of Gambling Man

Gambling Man

by Lionel Barber
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 23, 2025
Cover of Folklore

Folklore

by Owen Davies
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 16, 2025
Cover of How to Be a Patriot: Why love of country can end our very British culture war

How to Be a Patriot: Why love of country can end our very British culture war

by Sunder Katwala
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 16, 2025
Cover of Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance

by Penny Mordaunt
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 16, 2025
Cover of The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

by Sara Lodge
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025
Cover of The Gravity of Feathers

The Gravity of Feathers

by Andrew Fleming
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025
Cover of Multicultural Britain

Multicultural Britain

by Kieran Connell
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025
Cover of The Eagle and the Hart

The Eagle and the Hart

by Helen Castor
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025
Cover of Embers of the Hands

Embers of the Hands

by Eleanor Barraclough
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025