The Essay - Free Thinking
A series of writers reflect on the idea of freedom
The Essay - Free Thinking - Episode 1
Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 1/4. Novelist Kamila Shamsie asks if it's necessary for a writer to travel widely in order to unleash their imagination.
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The Essay - Free Thinking - Episode 2
Free Thinking: Writers reflect on freedom. 2/4. Ben Markovits considers the freedom of the immigrant in Britain, as for him there is freedom in being rootless in a new place.
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The Essay - Free Thinking - Episode 3
Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 3/4. Andrei Kourkov reflects on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine, both before and after the collapse of Communism.
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The Essay - Free Thinking - Episode 4
Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 4/4. Richard Rai O'Neill reflects on the Romany philosophy of freedom, both the ideal, and the reality.
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