Free Thoughts
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- The writer Lindsay Johns talking about 'Being Friendly'
- The philosopher Simon Critchley talking about being 'The first Free Thinker'
- The architect Sunand Prasad talking about the Environment
- The poet and critic Robert Crawford talking about the origins of democracy
- The literary translator Amanda Hopkinson talking about the value of languages
- The writer and journalist Bryan Appleyard on the science of the human.
- Chief Executive of Northern Stage Erica Whyman on the power of the imagination.
- Writer and broadcaster Patrick Hannan on the the updating of opera.
- General Director of The Sage Gateshead Anthony Sargent on recent arts buildings.
- Professor Christian Kay on the Historical Thesaurus of English.