Free Thinking Episodes Available now
African identity via China and photography
Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.
Korea and Japan
Chris Harding reads from Yu Miri's new novel, The End of August.
Robert Aickman
On Halloween, Matthew Sweet & guests discuss supernatural fiction, conservation and canals
Eliza Flower and non-conformist thinking
Matthew Sweet hears about research into the singer and friend of JS Mill feat. live songs!
Sleep
John Gallagher gets sleeping tips from research pioneers and early modern history
Sankofa and Afrofuturism
Curator Ekow Eshun, academic Sarah Jilani and sculptor Zak Ov茅 with Shahidha Bari.
Valis and Philip K Dick
A weirdly autobiographical science fiction novel from 1981, inspired by hallucinations.
Humours and the body
From mitochondria and 16th-century cancer treatments to breath, blood and Bach cantatas.
Victorian colour, jewellery and metalwork
Nandini Das visits Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean in Oxford and talks to a jeweller.
Being Blonde
Matthew Sweet and Professor Lynda Nead explore links between Diana Dors and Ruth Ellis.
