Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the plague that broke out in Constantinople 541AD, in the reign of E
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Chairman Mao and the revolt he led within his own party from 1966, s
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious events off Jamaica in 1781 and their background. The
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maria Theresa (1717-1780) who inherited the Austrian throne in 1740
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ideas about the Stone Age people who created the extraordinary image
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pericles (495-429BC), the statesman who dominated the politics of A
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the bonds that Scottish Presbyterians made between themselves and th
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the debate in Valladolid, Spain in 1550, over Spanish rights to ensl
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Roman military disaster of 9 AD when Germanic tribes under
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alcuin of York, c735-804AD, who promoted education as a goal in itse
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's 3000 year old tomb and its im
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and social impact of coffee. From its origins in Ethiop
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss T.E. Lawrence (1888 – 1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, a t
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Li Shizhen (1518-1593) whose compendium of nat
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the Crusader states in the century after
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1691 peace treaty that ended the Williamite War in Ireland, betw
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how, in September 1812, Napoleon captured Moscow and waited a month
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the people, plants and animals once living on land now under the Nor
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Athenians decided to send a fast ship to Lesbos in 427BC, rowin
