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The Essay - Free Thinking - Episode 1

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Free Thinking As part of BBC Radio 3's festival of ideas, Free Thinking, The Essay plays host to writers reflecting on freedom. 1/4. Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie brandishes her writer's passport and asks if it's necessary for a writer to travel widely in order to unleash their imagination. Or can they explore universal human experience, wherever it occurs?