Culture Podcast
Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
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The Music of the Spheres
Thu 19 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg explores the ancient astrological idea of the music of the spheres.
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The Riddle of the Sands
Thu 12 Jun 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the prescient thriller about Anglo-German relations.
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The Library at Nineveh
Thu 15 May 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas.
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Yeats and Irish Politics
Thu 17 Apr 2008
Melvyn Bragg examines the effect of Irish politics on the work of the poet W.B. Yeats.
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The Greek Myths
Thu 13 Mar 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus.
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Rudolph II
Thu 31 Jan 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Rudolph II and his Renaissance Court in Prague.
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The Fisher King
Thu 17 Jan 2008
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the enigmatic myth of the Fisher King.
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The Arabian Nights
Thu 18 Oct 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the myths, tales and legends of the Arabian Nights.
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Madame Bovary
Thu 12 Jul 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 1857 trial of Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary
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Greek and Roman Love Poetry
Thu 26 Apr 2007
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Greek and Roman love poetry.
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Epistolary Literature
Thu 15 Mar 2007
Melvyn Bragg discusses epistolary literature from Aphra Benn to Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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Hell
Thu 21 Dec 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Hell and its representation in the arts.
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The Encyclop茅die
Thu 26 Oct 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great achievements of the Enlightenment.
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Comedy in Ancient Greek Theatre
Thu 13 Jul 2006
Melvyn Bragg explores comedy in Ancient Greek theatre including Aristophanes and Menander.
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Pastoral Literature
Thu 6 Jul 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pastoral literature from Virgil to Dylan Thomas.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Thu 8 Jun 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century anti-slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
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Mathematics and Music
Thu 25 May 2006
Melvyn Bragg examines the mathematical structures that lie within the heart of music.
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Jorge Luis Borges
Thu 6 Apr 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.
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Goethe
Thu 6 Apr 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
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The Carolingian Renaissance
Thu 30 Mar 2006
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.
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Don Quixote
Thu 16 Mar 2006
Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.
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