With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1. Free Thinking Festival Available now
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2011 Were the Luddites Right?
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the Luddite movement, to mark its 200th anniversary.
First broadcast: 22 Nov 2011
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2011 Susie Orbach
Susie Orbach challenges the obsession with personal change at Free Thinking 2011.
First broadcast: 21 Nov 2011
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2011 Aditya Chakrabortty
Economist Aditya Chakrabortty examines the impact of economic change on society.
First broadcast: 18 Nov 2011
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2011 What is the Future of Civilisation as the Oil Runs Out?
Anne McElvoy chairs a talk about the impact of a future energy crisis on our way of life.
First broadcast: 17 Nov 2011
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2011 Can We Stop the Mania for Change?
Philip Dodd chairs a debate on obsession with change, with Molly Dineen and Giles Fraser.
First broadcast: 16 Nov 2011
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2011 Julian Savulescu - The Moral Obligation to Improve
Julian Savulescu makes the case for human enhancement at the 2011 Free Thinking festival.
First broadcast: 15 Nov 2011
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2011 Linda Colley
Historian Linda Colley delivers a lecture entitled The Present and the Past of Change.
First broadcast: 14 Nov 2011
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2011 The Free Thinking Essay, New Generation Thinker: David Petts
5/5 David Petts calls for the preservation of the industrial heritage of the North East.
First broadcast: 11 Nov 2011
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2011 The Free Thinking Essay, New Generation Thinker: Laurence Scott
4/5 Laurence Scott of King's College London on the fascinating figure of the gothic heroine.
First broadcast: 10 Nov 2011
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2011 Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer questions the idea of freedom at the 2011 Free Thinking Festival.
First broadcast: 10 Nov 2011
