Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s great comedies, which plays in the space betwee
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch artist famous for starry nights and sunflowers, self portr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Poe (1809-1849), the American author who is famous for his Gothic ta
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899,
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's greatest literary success, his thirteenth novel in a se
In the 1000th edition of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most celebrated f
Death in Venice is Thomas Mann’s most famous – and infamous - novella. Published in 1912, it’s about
Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, ha
In the year 29 BC the great Roman poet Virgil published these lines: Blessed is he who has succeed
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highly influential American poet Walt Whitman. In 1855 Whitman w
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's highly influential essay on women and literature, w
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic which is regarded as one of the
In 1957 Stevie Smith published a poetry collection called Not Waving But Drowning – and its title po
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Donne (1573-1631), known now as one of England’s finest poets of lov
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jane Austen’s last complete novel, which was published just before C
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orson Welles' film, released in 1941, which is widely acclaimed as o
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Song of the Nibelungs, a twelfth century German epic, full of bl
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bauhaus which began in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, as a school for
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated British poet of World War One. Wilfred Owen (1893-191
