Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Christian uprising in Japan and its profound and long-term conse
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the brutal events of 26 August 1346, when the armies of France and E
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Danish prince who became a very effective King of England in 101
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Solon, who was elected archon or chief magistrate of Athens in 594 B
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, between the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was dominated by a
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually stri
On 21 May 1838 an estimated 150,000 people assembled on Glasgow Green for a mass demonstration. Ther
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) whose cha
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the stench from the River Thames in the hot summer of 1858 and how i
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the momentum behind rebellion in Ireland in 1798, the people behind
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that became a byword for fierce attacks on political op
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rebellion that broke out in Jamaica on 11th October 1865 when Pa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the military order founded around 1119, twenty years after the Crusa
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the largest and arguably the most astonishing religious structure on
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Czech educator Jan Amos Komenský (1592-1670) known throughout Eu
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of David I of Scotland (c1084-1153) on his kingdom and on
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French playwright who, in 1791, wrote The Declaration of the Rig
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors, Homo erectus, who thrived on Earth for around
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Sanskrit text the Arthashastra, regarded as one of the m
