Free Thinking - Intellectuals
What is the role of intellectuals in public life? Matthew Sweet hosts Radio 4's Friday night round table discussion programme about ideas. His guests are:
Emile Chabal, author of a new biography about Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm;
Sophie Scott Brown, who’s researching BBC TV programme The Brains Trust, in which historians, philosophers and others answered questions sent in by the audience; critic and columnist Muriel Zagha;
former editor of Prospect magazine David Goodhart;
and curator and critic Pierre d'Alancaisez.
Producer: Luke Mulhall
Published on Friday, 25th September 2026.
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