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The Philosophy of Solitude

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude.

• 43 mins

Hildegard of Bingen

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval writer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen.

• 44 mins

Mrs Dalloway

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.

• 45 mins

The Sun

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the science of the sun, source of all our energy.

• 43 mins

The Royal Society and British Science

The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 1

Melvyn Bragg travels to Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented.

• 45 mins

The Royal Society and British Science

The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 2

How Newton tested the lines between government-funded research and public access.

• 45 mins

The Royal Society and British Science

The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 3

The 19th century blooms scientifically with numerous alternative, specialist societies.

• 45 mins

The Royal Society and British Science

The Royal Society and British Science: Episode 4

The more discreet role played by the Society in the 20th century.

• 45 mins

e

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Euler's number, e.

• 45 mins

Julius Caesar

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar.

• 46 mins

The Battle of Talas

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas in AD751.

• 45 mins

Rudyard Kipling

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling.

• 45 mins

The Haitian Revolution

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1804.

• 46 mins

Nuclear Fusion

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and science of nuclear fusion.

• 46 mins

Hatshepsut

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the female Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut.

• 45 mins

Brunel

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

• 44 mins

Aesop

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop, legendary author of the famous collection of fables

• 45 mins

Kafka's The Trial

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Trial, by Franz Kafka.

• 43 mins

Zen

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.

• 45 mins

Behavioural Ecology

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss behavioural ecology.

• 45 mins

Truth

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical approaches to truth.

• 42 mins

Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.

• 45 mins

Phenomenology

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.

• 46 mins

Thucydides

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.

• 43 mins

Ashoka the Great

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Indian ruler Ashoka the Great.

• 43 mins

The Photon

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle of light.

• 43 mins

The Wealth of Nations

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.

• 43 mins

The Eunuch

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.

• 43 mins

Beowulf

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.

• 43 mins

Dark Matter

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss dark matter, the 'missing mass' of the universe.

• 45 mins