Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and social impact of coffee. From its origins in Ethiop
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss T.E. Lawrence (1888 – 1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a t
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Li Shizhen (1518-1593) whose compendium of nat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the Crusader states in the century after
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1691 peace treaty that ended the Williamite War in Ireland, betw
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in September 1812, Napoleon captured Moscow and waited a month
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the people, plants and animals once living on land now under the Nor
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Athenians decided to send a fast ship to Lesbos in 427BC, rowin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the people of Cusco, in modern Peru, established an empire along
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of Grant's presidency on Americans in the years after the
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most destructive riots in London's history, which reached their
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of Nero (37-68 AD) who became Emperor at the age of 16. At
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why the potato crop failures in the 1840s had such a catastrophic im
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the effective partition of England in the 880s after a century of Vi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact on the British Isles of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, works, context and legacy of Antarah (525-608AD), the grea
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of the Welsh nobleman, also known as Owen Glendower, who be
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, from 1834, poor people across England and Wales faced new obsta
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war in Europe which begain in 1618 and continued on such a scale
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a foundation story for China as it was reshaped under Mao Zedong. I
