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Free Thinking - French Thought - The prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer - French rom-com Jul 09, 2015

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Anne McElvoy on French intellectual traditions & rom-com; prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer

Free Thinking - Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr: 8 July 15 Jul 08, 2015

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Philip Dodd discusses Legal Aid, Law, Language and Gore Vidal v William F Buckley Jr

Free Thinking: Landmark Jaws: 7 July 15 Jul 07, 2015

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Matthew Sweet on Jaws and the film-maker's role in creating the myth of a man-eating machine. Good or bad for the shark? Gareth Fraser, Ian Hunter, Will Self and Fiona Tan discuss.

Free Thinking - Pather Panchali: Sunjeev Sahota; Neil Bartlett: 6 July 15 Jul 06, 2015

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Tariq Ali discusses Satyajit Ray's 1955 film Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) 60 years on. Rana Mitter is also joined by novelist Sunjeev Sahota and Neil Bartlett.

Free Thinking - Museum of the Year 2015: 02 July 15 Jul 02, 2015

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Anne McElvoy at Tate Modern with the Museum of the Year finalists.

The power of dance and the meaning of 'public'. Jul 01, 2015

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The links between dance, art and the brain and the meaning of "the public"

Free Thinking - Worrying - Joseph Cornell - Spy Fiction - First film: 30 June 15 Jun 30, 2015

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Matthew Sweet on worrying - Joseph Cornell - Spy Fiction and the First film.

Free Thinking - Tales of Scotland: A Nation and its Literature: 25 June 15 Jun 25, 2015

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Anne McElvoy discusses the ways Scottish writers negotiate what it means to be Scottish with Janice Galloway, Kathleen Jamie, Peter Mackay and Murray Pittock.

Free Thinking - Community. The Amber Collective. Poet Claudia Rankine: 24 June 15 Jun 24, 2015

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Philip Dodd discusses community and talks a poet Claudia Rankine.

Free Thinking - Political and Bardic Traditions in Wales: 23 June 15 Jun 23, 2015

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Matthew Sweet is in Cardiff to examine the role of the Left in Welsh politics and its bearing on today's debate about nationalism hearing from In Cardiff Matthew Sweet is joined by Professor Daniel Williams and Sir Deian Hopkin to discuss the role of the Left in Welsh politics and its bearing on today's debate about nationalism. He also talks about the Bardic tradition with the writers, Gwyneth Lewis and Iain Sinclair. And, takes a trip to Llandrindod Wells to sample the latest instalment in the National Theatre of Wales’ Big Democracy Project.

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