Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most consequential battles of recent centuries. On 20th S
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss slime mould, a basic organism that grows on logs, cowpats and compos
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss eighteenth century 'vase-mania'. In the second half of the century,
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek biographer Plutarch (c46 AD-c120 AD) and especially his wo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the great unanswered questions in science: how and where did
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest romantic poets in Persian literature. Nizami Ga
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the intense political activity at the turn of the 18th Century, when
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Italian author of Invisible Cities, If On A Winter's Night A Tra
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poet George Herbert (1593-1633) who, according to the French phi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable rise of Venice in the eastern Mediterranean. Unlike o
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel, credited with starting the new genre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian-British economist Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of 'I, Claudius' who was also one of the finest poets of
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious attack of 4th of May 1886 at a workers rally in Chicag
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tantalising idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the major figures in Victorian British politics. Disraeli (18
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth. Inside ea
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy (1840 -1928) and his commitment to poetry, which he pri
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of charismatic authority developed by Max Weber (1864-1920)
