Misha Glenny and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.
Radio 4,·1113 episodes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Mann's novella of 1912.
15 Jun 2023,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written
08 Jun 2023,·54 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
01 Jun 2023,·52 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and reign of the French king who built Versailles
25 May 2023,·47 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet's celebration of agriculture and rural life
18 May 2023,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan.
11 May 2023,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
04 May 2023,·48 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative and highly influential American poet.
27 Apr 2023,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and legacy of the pioneering Swedish botanist.
20 Apr 2023,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
13 Apr 2023,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
06 Apr 2023,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's essay on women and literature.
30 Mar 2023,·54 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
23 Mar 2023,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
16 Mar 2023,·57 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Sanskrit epic.
09 Mar 2023,·49 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what we know about ancient stones placed in the landscape.
02 Mar 2023,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the prolific Hungarian mathematician.
23 Feb 2023,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the writer best known for her poem Not Waving But Drowning
16 Feb 2023,·53 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy.
09 Feb 2023,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
02 Feb 2023,·53 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some materials lose all electrical resistance.
26 Jan 2023,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality.
19 Jan 2023,·60 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the priest who was one of England's finest love poets.
12 Jan 2023,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
29 Dec 2022,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Austen's last complete novel, published after her death.
22 Dec 2022,·50 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Orson Welles' celebrated and influential film from 1941.
15 Dec 2022,·53 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the causes and early consequences of the 1798 rebellion.
08 Dec 2022,·55 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
01 Dec 2022,·54 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great global Victorian voyage of scientific discovery.
24 Nov 2022,·51 mins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks.
17 Nov 2022,·56 mins
