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Free Thinking - A Festival of Ideas, 23-25 October 2009

The Sage Gateshead

Latest - read news about Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival 2010.

The BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival of Ideas 2009 took place at The Sage Gateshead in October 2009 with speakers including Tanya Byron, David Miliband, Lionel Shriver, Dan Cruickshank and Ken Livingstone.

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Broadcasts and Listen online

Tanya Byron

Contributors

An A-Z of the 2009 Free Thinking contributors.

Young Ranters

Young Ranters

Listen online to the issues bugging the young ranters.

Free Thoughts

Free Thoughts

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Free Thinking Archive

Archive

Listen to or watch over 100 Free Thinking events from 2006-8.

Speech and Drama on Radio 3

Speech and Drama on Radio 3

Including Night Waves

Events

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Free Thinking Festival

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    Tony Benn Diaries
    Politician Tony Benn talks to Matthew Sweet about his final volume of diaries.
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    The Essay
    The Islamic Golden Age, Professor Hugh Kennedy
    1/20. Professor Hugh Kennedy explains how the Islamic state was established.
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    Night Waves
    Edmund de Waal Review
    Philip Dodd discusses sculptor Edmund de Waal's new work at the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge.
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    The Essay
    The Islamic Golden Age, Professor Robert Gleave
    2/20. Professor Robert Gleave discusses Ali b.Abi Talib and the origins of Shia Islam.

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