Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) who Byron prais
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the context and impact of Pablo Picasso's iconic work, created soon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689), who made her name and her living as a playwr
In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte (1818-1848) and
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century bo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexander Pushkin's verse novel, the story of Eugene Onegin, widely
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Christine de Pizan, who wrote at the French Co
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Emily Dickinson, arguably the most startling a
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the Japanese artist whose views of M
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South, published in 1855 after s
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Seneca the Younger, who was one of the first great writers to live h
In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Northamptonshire poet Jo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Four Quartets, TS Eliot's last great work which he composed, against
This image: Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 (c) The National Gallery, Lo
"He who saw the Deep" are the first words of the standard version of The Epic of Gilgamesh, the subj
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the changes in the intellectual world of Western Europe in the 12th
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Animal Farm, which Eric Blair published under his pen name George Or
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's collection of illustrated poems "Songs of Innocence
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses and their role in Greek mythology, when they were goddesse
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, originally serialised in
