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From the UK, philosopher Jonathan Rée

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   • Jonathan Rée
   • 9 Nov 06, 02:04 PM

   The Freethinking Festival is over, for this year at least. It wrapped up with a big bash in Liverpool last weekend, featuring dozens of public talks, debates and discussions, most of them recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

   
   The idea behind the whole project was, I guess, to thow open the bedroom windows and let a bit of fresh air into the speech output of Radio 3, though some observers may also have been reminded of George Orwell’s famous description of the BBC as ‘halfway between a boarding school and a lunatic asylum’ (actually he said ‘girl’s school’ but never mind).

   
   So how did the experiment go?

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