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Culture Podcast

Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.

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    Friendship

    Thu 2 Mar 2006

    Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; 鈥榓 single soul dwelling in two bodies鈥�.

  • Chaucer

    Thu 9 Feb 2006

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.

  • Seventeenth Century Print Culture

    Thu 26 Jan 2006

    Melvyn Bragg examines the controversy and scandal of 17th century print culture.

  • The Oresteia

    Thu 29 Dec 2005

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 鈥極resteia鈥�, the seminal trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus.

  • Johnson

    Thu 27 Oct 2005

    The life and work of Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature.

  • Marlowe

    Thu 7 Jul 2005

    Melvyn Bragg examines the life of glittering Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.

  • Merlin

    Thu 30 Jun 2005

    Melvyn Bragg examines Merlin, prophet, magician, king maker and the mad man of the woods.

  • The Scriblerus Club

    Thu 9 Jun 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirical 18th century Scriblerus Club.

  • Abelard and Heloise

    Thu 5 May 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.

  • The Aeneid

    Thu 21 Apr 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 鈥楾he Aeneid鈥�, Virgil's great epic poem about Rome.

  • John Ruskin

    Thu 31 Mar 2005

    The life and work of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian era.

  • Angels

    Thu 24 Mar 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heavenly host of Angels.

  • Modernist Utopias

    Thu 10 Mar 2005

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mad, bad world of modern utopias.

  • Faust

    Thu 23 Dec 2004

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myth of Faustus and temptation by evil.

  • Sartre

    Thu 7 Oct 2004

    The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

  • Politeness

    Thu 30 Sep 2004

    Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness.

  • The Odyssey

    Thu 9 Sep 2004

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the monster filled epic, 成人快手r鈥檚 Odyssey.

  • The Later Romantics

    Thu 15 Apr 2004

    Melvyn Bragg examines the poetry, tragedy and idealism of Byron, Shelley and Keats.

  • The Norse Gods

    Thu 11 Mar 2004

    Melvyn Bragg examines the myths and theology that inspired the Vikings.

  • The Sublime

    Thu 12 Feb 2004

    Melvyn Bragg explores a transcendental idea that took hold on the Age of Enlightenment.

  • Sensation

    Thu 6 Nov 2003

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels of sensation, a Victorian literary phenomenon.

  • Robin Hood

    Thu 30 Oct 2003

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the centuries old myth of the most romantic noble outlaw.

  • Bohemianism

    Thu 9 Oct 2003

    Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Parisian philosophy of life lived for art.

  • Youth

    Thu 24 Apr 2003

    Melvyn Bragg examines the history of concepts and ideas on youth from antiquity to today.

  • Proust

    Thu 17 Apr 2003

    The life and work of the celebrated 20th century French novelist Marcel Proust.

  • Originality

    Thu 20 Mar 2003

    Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the creative force of originality.

  • The Epic

    Thu 6 Feb 2003

    The history of the epic, from 成人快手r's Odyssey to Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses.

  • Victorian Realism

    Thu 14 Nov 2002

    Melvyn Bragg explores Victorian realism and its focus on the ordinariness of life.

  • Cultural Imperialism

    Thu 27 Jun 2002

    Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.

  • Wagner

    Thu 20 Jun 2002

    Melvyn Bragg examines the position of Richard Wagner and his music in German culture.

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