BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking

Language Loss and Revival

John Gallagher is joined by Gwenno, who writes and sings in Cornish, and others.

The enslaved African American woman, Phillis Wheatley who became a celebrated poet.

Matthew Sweet looks at the writer of a dystopian psychodrama, Ice, who died in 1968.

Matthew Sweet reads Ice and other works of this experimental writer who died in 1968

Christienna Fryar explores the life and writing of the enslaved American poet (1753-1784).

Claire Harman, Kirsty Gunn, Laurence Scott and Shahidha Bari discuss short story writing

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the pan-Africanist poet and anti-colonial leader.

How the Victorian author’s own pain and drug dependency fed into his sensational novels.

How the Victorian author’s own pain and drug dependency fed into his sensational novels.

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the pan-Africanist poet and anti-colonial leader.