Anne Enright, Ireland's first Laureate for Fiction, talks to Anne McElvoy about her new novel The Green Road. The economist Richard Layard and Professor of Psychology David M. Clark discuss the economics of psychological therapy. Plus, Christopher Hampton on translating the plays of Florian Zeller.
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Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives - looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.
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Folge vom 07.05.2015Free Thinking - Anne Enright, Christopher Hampton 07May15
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Folge vom 06.05.2015Free Thinking - Antony SherPhilip Dodd in extended conversation with the actor Antony Sher whose recent roles include Willy Loman and Falstaff.
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Folge vom 05.05.2015Free Thinking - Sir Thomas BrowneMatthew Sweet talks to Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Claire Preston and Gavin Francis about the mind-adventures of doctors in time and space. Sir Thomas Browne was a man fascinated by everything from nature to religion, to the shock of the new. How does his story resonate now?
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Folge vom 30.04.2015Free Thinking - Julian BarnesAnne McElvoy is joined by the Booker Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes to discuss the painters he admires, and his new collection of essays on 19th and 20th century artists. The Pakistani novelist and women's rights activist Bapsi Sidhwa talks about her 1978 novel The Crow Eaters, which is about to be re-published. And Anne discusses poetry inspired by light, and in particular the work of Jackson Mac Low with James Wilkes and Greg Lynall.