In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louisa May Alcott's 1868 novel, credited with starting the new genre

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Austrian-British economist Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of 'I, Claudius' who was also one of the finest poets of

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notorious attack of 4th of May 1886 at a workers rally in Chicag

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tantalising idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxi

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the major figures in Victorian British politics. Disraeli (18

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth. Inside ea

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Hardy (1840 -1928) and his commitment to poetry, which he pri

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of charismatic authority developed by Max Weber (1864-1920)

In 1956 Oxford University awarded an honorary degree to the former US president Harry S. Truman for

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest changes in the history of life on Earth. Around

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most abundant lifeform on Earth: the viruses that 'eat' bacteria

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the great French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the doctrine of Karma as developed initially among Hindus, Jains and

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss "The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling" (1749) by Henry Fielding (17

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Saga of the Earls of Orkney, as told in the 13th Century by an u

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the canonical figures from the history of political thought.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century,

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 'the greatest poet of his age', Thomas Wyatt (1503 -1542), who brou