Four Thought

I introduced the final nine series of Four Thought on BBC Radio 4, from 2017-2023.

This fascinating public speaking series showcased short talks from people who wouldn’t normally be given a prominent platform in the mainstream media. Each speaker was given 13 minutes - a bit like a TED talk - to hold forth on the subject they’re most passionate about. And then (in the podcast version) I interviewed them afterwards.

Some highlights, from over a hundred episodes, include arts curator Tara Munroe on discovering a stack of racist ‘Casta’ paintings at Leicester Museum; Mum Angela Frazer-Wicks, whose sons were taken into care and adopted; and author Laura Dockrill, describing her frightening experience of post partum psychosis after giving birth to her son.

It was a sheer pleasure to do, and fortunately the archive will remain online at BBC Sounds.