Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1104 episodes
Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.
29 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Wordsworth’s poem, The Prelude.
22 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier.
15 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.
08 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.
01 Nov 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 18th century obsession with taste.
25 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.
18 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea that kingly authority derives from God.
11 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Antimatter in particle physics and cosmology.
04 Oct 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.
27 Sep 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 1857 trial of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary
12 Jul 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses what the Pilgrim Fathers and the Mayflower mean to Americans.
05 Jul 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Permian-Triassic boundary in evolutionary history.
28 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.
21 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Renaissance Astrology.
14 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
07 Jun 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.
31 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joan of Arc's role in the 1428 Siege of Orléans.
24 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of Gravitational Waves.
17 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the high pessimism of Victorian culture.
10 May 2007,·30 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.
03 May 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.
26 Apr 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of symmetry in art and nature.
19 Apr 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China.
12 Apr 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 7th century abbess, St Hilda.
05 Apr 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of anaesthetics.
29 Mar 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the original Iron Chancellor, Otto Von Bismarck.
22 Mar 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses epistolary literature from Aphra Benn to Les Liaisons Dangereuses
15 Mar 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of microbiology, the study of microscopic life.
08 Mar 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of the science of optics
01 Mar 2007,·45 mins
