Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest changes in the history of life on Earth. Around
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the influential painters at the heart of the French Impressio
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the military order founded around 1119, twenty years after the Crusa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss an atomic particle that's become inseparable from modernity. JJ Thom
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's account of the once great island of Atlantis out to the west
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 largest and arguably the most astonishing religious structure on
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). He wrote some
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the abrupt transformation of stars after shining brightly for millio
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831) on history. He
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Czech educator Jan Amos Komenský (1592-1670) known throughout Eu
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 impact of David I of Scotland (c1084-1153) on his kingdom and on
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the accounts by Eusebius of Caesarea (c260-339 AD) and others of th
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French playwright who, in 1791, wrote The Declaration of the Rig
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors, Homo erectus, who thrived on Earth for around
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