In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Tiberius. When he was born in 42BC, there was litt

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century. K

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Poe (1809-1849), the American author who is famous for his Gothic ta

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most influential work of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929). In 1899,

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the North African privateers who, until their demise in the nineteen

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on what happiness means and how to live a good lif

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's greatest literary success, his thirteenth novel in a se

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the anchoress and mystic who, in the late fourteenth century, wrote

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay's essays written in 1

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny drifting organisms in the oceans that sustain the food chai

In an extended version of the programme that was broadcast, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infl

In the 1000th edition of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most celebrated f

To mark his 1000th episode of In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg talks to Mishal Husain for Radio 4's Today p

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, in 1905, produced several papers that were to change th

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, and it’s hard to imagine a world more alien and d

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

Death in Venice is Thomas Mann’s most famous – and infamous - novella. Published in 1912, it’s about

Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, ha

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