100 novels that shaped our world
Free Thinking explores the BBC's 100 novels that shaped our world.
Slung Low's Camelot, Penny Woolcock, Bryan Stevenson, Go Set a Watchman
Philip Dodd on Camelot: The Shining City in Sheffield. Plus a review of the new Harper Lee
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Kamila Shamsie: John Kasmin. Dido
Philip Dodd looks at postcards of beggars, the love and scorn of Dido and radicalisation.
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Rude Valentines. Neil Gaiman, Translating China's Arts
Neil Gaiman talks Norse myths with Rana Mitter. And a look at the ugly side of Valentines
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The Word For World Is Forest
Matthew Sweet reads Ursula Le Guin's novel and discusses the Paul Foot Award.
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Marilynne Robinson
The American novelist and essayist talks religion, fiction & US politics with Rana Mitter.
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Frankenstein and AI now
Fiona Sampson, Daisy Hay, Christopher Frayling and David H.Guston with Matthew Sweet.
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What Camus and Claude Levi-Strauss teach us
Rana Mitter talks to Ben Okri about Camus and debates the 'untamed mind' of Levi-Strauss.
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Harry Potter. Tim O'Reilly. Tove Jansson.
Anne McElvoy talks to the tech media man who popularized the terms open source and Web 2.0
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Landmark: The Thirty-Nine Steps and World War I
Matthew Sweet discusses WWI, empire and adventure in John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps.
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Jeanette Winterson—Night Waves
Philip Dodd talks to novelist Jeanette Winterson about her new memoir.
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Landmarks - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice—Night Waves
Anne McElvoy presents a Landmark edition examining Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
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Zadie Smith
Author Zadie Smith talks about dance, depicting teenage friends and US/UK differences.
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Macbeth and Things Fall Apart
Jo Nesbø and Mark Ravenhill on the Scottish Play; Chinua Achebe's novel about leadership.
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Arundhati Roy
The Man Booker Prize-winning author and campaigner is in conversation with Philip Dodd.
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Hay Festival 2017: Writing history with Sebastian Barry, Jake Arnott, Madeleine Thien
At 2017's Hay Festival, Sarah Dillon chairs a discussion about writing history.
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Yaa Gyasi, Daniel Levitin, Peter Bazalgette, James Bartholomew on clarity, civility and strong states
Philip Dodd presents, with debates about empathy, rigorous thinking and the welfare state.
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