BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Breaking News - Telling Stories in Fact and Fiction—2015 Festival

A debate about drama on the page, stage, screen and in the way news stories are presented.

Catherine Fletcher on claims that the first Medici Duke of Florence was mixed race

1/10 Catherine Fletcher on the claims that the first Medici duke of Florence was of mixed race.

Simon Heffer, Peter Tatchell and Joyce Quin in a Free Thinking Festival debate.

Simon Heffer, Peter Tatchell and Joyce Quin join Philip Dodd to debate rule-breaking.

Prize-winning poet Claudia Rankine explores language and racism past and present.

Claudia Rankine gives a lecture exploring language and racism past and present.

Peggy Seeger talks to Philip Dodd about her life. Tomorrow she performs in World on 3.

Philip Dodd is in conversation with Irish novelist Edna O'Brien.

Irish novelist Edna O'Brien in conversation with Philip Dodd.