BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

Chekhov

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian archaeologist Augustus Pitt-Rivers.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Evelyn Waugh's comic novel Decline and Fall.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ice ages.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of Epicureanism.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the War of 1812 between America and Great Britain.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss comets, the 'dirty snowballs' of the solar system.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malory's epic medieval tale Le Morte d'Arthur.