Events on 3rd November 2012

Northern Sinfonia @ Kendal Westmorland Hall with Mario Venzago

The flute is in the spotlight for the first two items on offer – Mozart’s scintillating...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Radio 4's Start the Week

BBC Radio 4's flagship programme of ideas comes to Free Thinking for the first time. Start the Week...

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Colm Tóibín

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Colm Tóibín

*Presented by Philip Dodd* *Colm Toibin* is one of Ireland’s finest writers, whose books...

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Charlotte Blease (New Generation Thinker): The Medicine Game

We trust the 36,000 GPs in this country to work out what is wrong with us. But how much of what...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Rewriting World History

*Presented by Rana Mitter* Does World History really still mean Western History, or do we need a...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Music Matters

*Presented by Tom Service* *Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances cellist Natalie Clein...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Philosophy4Children

A Free Thinking experience for all the family. The Philosophy4Children workshop is an engaging...

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Nandini Das (New Generation Thinker): Inventing the Underworld

Crime fiction and travel writing are regulars on the book charts today. But long before the charts...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Is Social Mobility Overrated?

Social Mobility has become the new Holy Grail for politicians, with all three main parties united...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Julie Bindel; Not Born This Way

*Presented by Samira Ahmed* Whether sexuality is genetic or not goes to the heart of the...

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Free Thinking For Family

Children's author Simon Puttock is a master of creating fantastical characters, from the devious...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Amos Oz

War and Peace in the Middle East. Amos Oz is one of Israel's most influential thinkers. A...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Lindsay Johns: Stop Listening to the Young

*Presented by Rana Mitter* In many ways Britain’s youth is in crisis, trapped by rising debt...

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Sue-Ann Harding (New Generation Thinker): Expat or Immigrant

What is the difference between an expat and an immigrant? Can a citizen still be a migrant?...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Michael Ignatieff

*Them and Us: Enemies and Adversaries in Politics* Presented by Matthew Sweet On the eve of...

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Free Thinking Festival: Revolution and Democracy: The Arab Spring

*Presented by Samira Ahmed* What kind of societies will the Arab Spring give birth to?...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: Words & Music

BBC Radio 3's award-winning 'Words and Music' programme returns to Free Thinking for an atmospheric...

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Timothy Secret (New Generation Thinker): Cat's Eyes

Our world changes when we're on display. When caught in another person's gaze, some of us strut...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival : Hell Is Other People

*Presented my Anne McElvoy* As our global population increases, the world is becoming an...

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Joshua Nall (New Generation Thinker): Mars and the Victorians

With the recent success of NASA's Curiosity lander, Mars is firmly back on the agenda. But where...

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The Civil Wars

Touring in support of their hugely successful debut, 'Barton Hollow', The Civil Wars are a...

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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival: The Verb

Poet Ian McMillan, one the UK's best-loved wordsmiths, hosts BBC Radio 3's The Verb, his unique...

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Absolute Beginner Steel Pans

Bring the sunshine to Gateshead! Why not discover the sounds of the Caribbean in this taster...

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JUICE: Dragon Steps

Look out for Dragon Steps in six Juice Festival venues across October half term. Jump in, follow...

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Absolute Beginner Ukuleles

Discover the joy of playing the ukulele. You don’t need to have played before, or be able to read...

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Absolute Beginner Guitars

If you have a guitar hiding in the house that you would like to learn how to play then why not give...

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Absolute Beginner Steel Pans

Bring the sunshine to Gateshead - discover the sounds of the Caribbean in this taster session for...

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