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Tristan and Iseult

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult.

• 43 mins

Saturn

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet Saturn.

• 46 mins

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.

• 45 mins

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.

• 44 mins

Chromatography

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins, development and uses of chromatography.

• 47 mins

Rumi's Poetry

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poetry of Rumi (1207-1273).

• 46 mins

Robert Hooke

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 17th-century scientist Robert Hooke.

• 48 mins

Mary Magdalene

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible

• 44 mins

Bedlam

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.

• 46 mins

Agrippina the Younger

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

• 46 mins

The Neutron

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron.

• 45 mins

Euclid's Elements

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Elements of Euclid.

• 45 mins

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

• 46 mins

Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot'

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates and his fictitious Popish Plot.

• 49 mins

The Muses

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.

• 45 mins

Margery Kempe and English Mysticism

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.

• 44 mins

The Bronze Age Collapse

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bronze Age collapse.

• 47 mins

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

• 49 mins

Sovereignty

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.

• 47 mins

The Invention of Photography

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the invention of photography.

• 48 mins

Zeno's Paradoxes

Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

• 46 mins

Animal Farm

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

• 51 mins

Lakshmi

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the goddess Lakshmi.

• 47 mins

Plasma

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss plasma, one of the fundamental states of matter.

• 45 mins

The 12th Century Renaissance

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a period of great change in western Europe.

• 49 mins

Epic of Gilgamesh

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gilgamesh, the great epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia.

• 46 mins

The Fighting Temeraire

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.

• 45 mins

Justinian's Legal Code

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.

• 47 mins

Baltic Crusades

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss crusades against Baltic pagans from 12th Century onwards.

• 46 mins

Garibaldi and the Risorgimento

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.

• 49 mins