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The Battle of Clontarf
Brian Boru's celebrated defeat of Hiberno-Norse forces and allies outside Dublin in 1014.
The Gracchi
Why two brothers became linked to the fall of the Roman Republic and rise of the emperors.
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
Thomas Middleton
The prolific and versatile Jacobean playwright tasked with 'improving' some of Shakespeare
Cyrus the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.
Pollination
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the interplay between plants and pollinators.
Kali
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this Hindu goddess in her many remarkable forms
Oliver Goldsmith
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this influential and prolific 18th-century Irish writer.
Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman so important that two Tudor royals married her.
Sir John Soane
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential English architect John Soane.
