Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the influential painters at the heart of the French Impressio
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's (1903-1950) final novel, published in 1949, set in a
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origin of this personification of the English everyman and his d
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). He wrote some
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss two of China’s greatest poets, Li Bai and Du Fu, who wrote in the 8t
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French playwright who, in 1791, wrote The Declaration of the Rig
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential novella of John Polidori (1795-1821) published in 18
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing work of Michelangelo (1477-1564) in this great chape
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what is reputedly the most performed of all Greek tragedies. Antigon
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, written in the early 1590s aft
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the outstanding French writers of the twentieth century. Th
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy (1840 -1928) and his commitment to poetry, which he pri
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian-born film director Fritz Lang (1890-1976), who was one
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Charles Dickens' novella, written in 1843 when he was 31, which has
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British phase of a movement that spread across Europe in the mid
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an early masterpiece of French epic poetry, from the 12th Century.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999). In her lifet
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Anne Bronte's second novel, published in 1848, which is now celebrat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek writer known as the father of histories, dubbed by his det
