Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was dominated by a
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic which is regarded as one of the
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually stri
Paul Erdős (1913 – 1996) is one of the most celebrated mathematicians of the 20th century. During hi
In 1957 Stevie Smith published a poetry collection called Not Waving But Drowning – and its title po
On 21 May 1838 an estimated 150,000 people assembled on Glasgow Green for a mass demonstration. Ther
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) whose cha
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery made in 1911 by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh O
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Theory of Justice by John Rawls (1921 - 2002) which has been calle
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Donne (1573-1631), known now as one of England’s finest poets of lov
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the stench from the River Thames in the hot summer of 1858 and how i
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 momentum behind rebellion in Ireland in 1798, the people behind
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Song of the Nibelungs, a twelfth century German epic, full of bl
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyage of HMS Challenger which set out from Portsmouth in 1872 w
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that became a byword for fierce attacks on political op
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bauhaus which began in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, as a school for
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rebellion that broke out in Jamaica on 11th October 1865 when Pa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated British poet of World War One. Wilfred Owen (1893-191
