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Soil Stories Old and New

Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Jules Pretty, Andrew Scott, Philip Coupland, Matthew Kelly

• 45 mins

'Play' in urban design, Gillian Allnutt

Philip Dodd considers the importance of 'play' in the way our city centres are designed.

• 45 mins

Japan Now Festival at the British Library

Christopher Harding with writers Alex Kerr and Yoko Tawada, and film-maker Momoko Ando.

• 45 mins

Partition, Mohsin Hamid, Gurinder Chadha

With author Mohsin Hamid, a discussion about Partition and director Gurinder Chadha.

• 45 mins

Neil Jordan, Flat Time House, Teletubbies

With Neil Jordan on his novel, a visit to Flat Time House and 20 years of the Teletubbies.

• 45 mins

Landmark: The Prince

Philip Dodd and guests explore the continuing relevance of Machiavelli's The Prince.

• 45 mins

Neglected Women: Lady Mary Wroth, Margaret Cavendish, Charlotte Robinson

Anne McElvoy and guests including Tracy Chevalier on women neglected in standard histories

• 45 mins

Michael Lewis

Author Michael Lewis joins Matthew Sweet to explore risk-taking in sport and in finance.

• 45 mins

Images of America

As London hosts two exhibitions of American art, Anne McElvoy discusses the American Dream

• 45 mins

Rodney Graham at Baltic, The Amber Collective

New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari visits exhibitions opening in Gateshead and Newcastle

• 45 mins

Free Thinking at Uproot Festival

Author David Mark and poet Adelle Stripe join Matthew Sweet and an audience at Hull Truck.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Sleep - Freedom to Think

Russell Foster delivers the opening lecture of Radio 3's 2017 Free Thinking Festival.

• 60 mins

Festival 2017

Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher debate the speed of life

Pinky Lilani, Denise Mina, Jay Griffiths and John Gallagher debate the speed of life.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Politics Fast and Slow

Labour MP Harriet Harman on sustaining her career in a fast-changing political world.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

How Short is a Short Story?

George Saunders, Kirsty Logan, Jenn Ashworth and Paul McVeigh on writing short fiction.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Quick Reactions

Damon Hill,Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lincoln Jopp on pressured decision-making at top speed

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Doing Time/Confinement

Terry Waite, Erwin James and Cleo van Velsen on the experience of isolation.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Speed of Revolution

Bettany Hughes, Richard J Evans and John Hall join Philip Dodd and an audience at Sage.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Never-Ending Workday

Matthew Sweet introduces a discussion exploring the history of the workplace.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

The Time of Your Life

Edwina Currie, Miranda Sawyer and Lola Okolosie explore the different times of our lives.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Education Slow and Fast

Tony Sewell and Mike Grenier discuss the challenges of education in the 21st century.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

New Generation Thinkers 2017

The 2017 New Generation Thinkers make their first public appearance together.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

An interview with Haemin Sunim

Haemin Sunim, a Buddhist meditation teacher, on calm in a fast-paced 21st-century world.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Writing Life

Poet Simon Armitage and writer Alexandra Harris explore time and place in modern Britain.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Time, Space and Science

Carlos Frenk, Eugenia Cheng, Jim Al-Khalili and Louisa Preston debate time and space.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

My Body Clock Is Broken

Jay Griffiths, Vincent Deary, Louise Robinson and Matthew Smith discuss our mental health.

• 45 mins

Festival 2017

Taking the Long View with the Animal Kingdom

Tim Birkhead and Phyllis Lee on long-lived animal species and their survival strategies.

• 45 mins

Smell: Michele Roberts, A history of dentistry.

Matthew Sweet is joined by writer Michele Roberts, who talks about her latest novel.

• 45 mins

What now for environmentalism? With Paul Kingsnorth, James Thornton and Martin Goodman

Writer Paul Kingsnorth talks about his changing attitude to the environmental movement.

• 45 mins

Wellcome Book Prize, Civil Wars: Susan Buck-Morss and AC Grayling, Louisa Egbunike and Akachi Ezeigbo.

Anne McElvoy discusses nation states and war with AC Grayling and Susan Buck-Morss.

• 45 mins