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Lakshmi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.
Plasma
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss plasma, one of the fundamental states of matter.
The 12th Century Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in western Europe.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.
The Fighting Temeraire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.
Justinian's Legal Code
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.
Baltic Crusades
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.
Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.
Harriet Martineau
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.
The Gin Craze
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.
Four Quartets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, known as his great last work.
Johannes Kepler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Parasitism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another
Hannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher
John Clare
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.
Maths in the Early Islamic World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th.
The Kuiper Belt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the icy Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune, home to Pluto.
North and South
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South from 1855.
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highest global temperatures in the last 65m years.
The Battle of Salamis
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of The Battle of Salamis, 480BC.
Hokusai
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Pauli's Exclusion Principle
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Wolfgang Pauli and the Pauli Exclusion Principle.
Rosa Luxemburg
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Rosa Luxemburg, revolutionary.
Roger Bacon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.
The Battle of Lincoln 1217
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
Emily Dickinson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.
Louis Pasteur
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louis Pasteur, known as a founder of microbiology.
Purgatory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.