Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1115 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ottoman attack on the Knights Hospitaller in Malta.
11 Jan 2018,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.
28 Dec 2017,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
21 Dec 2017,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
14 Dec 2017,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most popular idea sent in by listeners.
07 Dec 2017,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
30 Nov 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek city of Thebes in myth, drama and history.
23 Nov 2017,·46 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and works of the great woman of letters.
16 Nov 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss history and culture of the Picts.
09 Nov 2017,·56 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events behind and impact of Picasso's iconic work.
02 Nov 2017,·54 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
26 Oct 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15.
19 Oct 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
12 Oct 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
05 Oct 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Bronte's only novel, Wuthering Heights.
28 Sep 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.
21 Sep 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
06 Jul 2017,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.
29 Jun 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.
22 Jun 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.
15 Jun 2017,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).
08 Jun 2017,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.
01 Jun 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
25 May 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louis Pasteur, known as a founder of microbiology.
18 May 2017,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.
11 May 2017,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
04 May 2017,·53 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.
27 Apr 2017,·46 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.
20 Apr 2017,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
13 Apr 2017,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wolfgang Pauli and the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
06 Apr 2017,·48 mins
