New Generation Thinkers 2014

Hear columns from the 2014 Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers.

New Generation Thinker 2014: Alun Withey looks back at medical history
He explains why 16th Century medics were more adept than we give them credit for.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Alasdair Cochrane asks if we should equate animals with humans when talking about rights?
Are animal rights and human rights are actually one and the same thing?
New Generation Thinker 2014: Joanna Cohen asks whether we need to rethink the American Constitution
Joanna Cohen invites us to rethink the American constitution
New Generation Thinker 2014: Tiffany Watt-Smith explores war neuroses and shell shock after World War One.
Tiffany Watt-Smith gives us a fresh assessment of the 1917 film War Neuroses.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Will Abberley reflects on the minds of molecules
Will Abberley invites us to imagine the mind of a molecule.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Naomi Paxton on the Actresses' Franchise League
Naomi Paxton reflects on the Actresses' Franchise League
New Generation Thinker 2014: Daisy Hay on finding Disraeli’s hair in the Bodleian archives
Daisy Hay looks at the Victorian practice of keeping hair as a personal memento.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Sophie Coulombeau on Jeremy Bentham’s ‘Universal Tattoo’
Sophie Coulombeau examines Jeremy Bentham’s proposal for a ‘Universal Tattoo’.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Preti Taneja on the female casting of King Lear
Preti Taneja considers female casting of King Lear.
New Generation Thinker 2014: Tom Charlton - What is a ‘Proper’ Library?
Tom Charlton wonders what is meant by a 'proper' library.