Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1115 episodes
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
Melvyn Bragg examines the life of anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce.
22 Feb 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness.
15 Feb 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.
08 Feb 2007,·41 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
01 Feb 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Greek mathematician Archimedes and his famous cry of “eureka!”
25 Jan 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the Jesuits, “the school masters of Europe”.
18 Jan 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg discusses the planet Mars, a source of endless fascination in human history
11 Jan 2007,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1453 siege of Constantinople which ended the Byzantine Empire.
28 Dec 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Hell and its representation in the arts.
21 Dec 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 5000 year long story of Indian Maths.
14 Dec 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism.
07 Dec 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speed of light, lynchpin of Einstein’s universe.
30 Nov 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism.
23 Nov 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, a pivotal moment in England’s history.
16 Nov 2006,·45 mins
The life and work of the brilliant, acerbic and unpopular poet Alexander Pope.
09 Nov 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a puzzle that may explain the shape of the universe.
02 Nov 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great achievements of the Enlightenment.
26 Oct 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg examines the Needham Question; why Europe, not China made modern technology.
19 Oct 2006,·45 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events that helped trigger the European Reformation.
12 Oct 2006,·45 mins
