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The Venetian Empire
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and eventual decline of the Venetian Empire.
George Herbert
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the greatest devotional poem writer in English.
The Antikythera Mechanism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mysterious ancient Greek astronomical computer.
Italo Calvino
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century Italian novelist and essayist
The Hanoverian Succession
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the politics that led to the coronation of George I.
Nizami Ganjavi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 12th-century Persian epic romantic poet.
The Habitability of Planets
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about where life may begin in the universe and how.
Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Greek biographer and his main work
Vase-mania
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the eighteenth century mania for classical vases.
