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History of Metaphor
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of metaphor.
Cleopatra
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.
Thomas Edison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American technological pioneer Thomas Edison.
Daoism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
The Industrial Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the influence of the Industrial Revolution.
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Random and Pseudorandom
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss mathematical randomness and pseudorandomness.
The Mexican Revolution
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Aristotle's Poetics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics.
The Battle of Bannockburn
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn.
The Nervous System
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the nervous system.
Maimonides
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides.
The Taiping Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Taiping Rebellion.
The Age of the Universe
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe.
Free Will
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.
The Medieval University
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the medieval universities.
The Iron Age
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.
The Bhagavad Gita
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita, a key text of Hinduism.
Octavia Hill
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
The Neutrino
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'.
The Pelagian Controversy
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.
Cogito Ergo Sum
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.
Islamic Law and its Origins
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Islamic law.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Robert Burton's book The Anatomy of Melancholy.
Custer's Last Stand
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand.
Xenophon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian and soldier Xenophon.
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
The Origins of Infectious Disease
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of infectious disease.
Wyclif and the Lollards
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss John Wyclif and the Lollards.
Malthusianism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.