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Robert Hooke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.
Mary Magdalene
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible
The Dutch East India Company
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.
The Maya Civilization
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.
Bedlam
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.
Aurora Leigh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Agrippina the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.
The Sikh Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.
The Neutron
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron.
1816, the Year Without a Summer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.
Euclid's Elements
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Elements of Euclid.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.
The Muses
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.
The Gettysburg Address
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.
Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
Penicillin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of penicillin.
The Bronze Age Collapse
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
Sovereignty
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.
The Invention of Photography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the invention of photography.
Zeno's Paradoxes
Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno
Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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.
John Dalton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.
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.