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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales leads a line-up of prominent thinkers at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival 2011. With Giles Fraser, Germaine Greer, William Hague, Susie Orbach, David Almond, Maximo Park, Margaret Drabble, Jack Thorne, Linda Colley, Charles Jencks, BBC Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers, The Verb, Music Matters, Words and Music and many more events.

Now in its sixth year, BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival is a platform for today's innovative thinkers, who examine the world of ideas through talks, interviews, debates, original drama and performance.

The Free Thinking Festival, which took place at The Sage Gateshead 4 - 6 November, is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from 4 November for three weeks

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    2011 Charles Jencks

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    A talk in which landscape architect Charles Jencks calls for a new cosmic art.

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    1. 2011 Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

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      Neuro-scientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore discusses dramatic changes in the teenage brain.

    2. 2011 Were the Luddites Right?

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      Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the Luddite movement, to mark its 200th anniversary.

    3. 2011 Susie Orbach

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      Susie Orbach challenges the obsession with personal change at Free Thinking 2011.

    4. 2011 Aditya Chakrabortty

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      Economist Aditya Chakrabortty examines the impact of economic change on society.

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Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: The Free Thinking Opening Lecture

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who has created one of the most referenced sources of knowledge on the planet, launches the 2011 BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival with his vision on how the internet will keep changing the world.

This event took place at The Sage Gateshead on 4 November.

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Foreign Secretary William Hague

The Foreign Secretary William Hague, MP for Richmond in Yorkshire, discusses his political philosophy, the dramatic changes taking place throughout the globe, and Britain's role in this transforming world order. Presented by Anne McElvoy.

This event took place at The Sage Gateshead on 5 November. Broadcast on Tuesday 8 November at 10pm.

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Germaine Greer

Inspired by the Janis Joplin lyric "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose", leading intellectual Germaine Greer questions the pursuit of freedom.
Presented by Philip Dodd.

Broadcast on Thursday 10 November at 10pm.

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2011 Free Thinking Festival Brochure

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