In Our Time

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of Utopia. Both the idea of, and the longing for a perfe

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between maths and storytelling. Is there a hidden m

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the theory of Genetic Determinism. In the middle of the last century

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss pain; something of which everyone has an individual experience. What

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss truth, lies and fiction. In 1995 a book appeared which brought its a

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Africa. It could be seen as the great test of the West; economically

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a question that has stalked the twentieth century: Intelligence. Sin

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss capitalism throughout the last two centuries. In 1848 Karl Marx in T

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the shift that has gone on through the 20th century from our being a

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the British monarchy. In the last two hundred and fifty years, we’ve

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea of a just war. There were theories about a justified or nob

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss memory. At the start of the twentieth century Freud put memory at th

Melvyn Bragg examines the history of what we know about the origins of the universe. Some four hundr

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss multiculturalism. The divisions between people provoked and exploite

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the way perceptions of the importance of mathematics have fluctuated

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss artificial intelligence. Can we create a machine that creates? Some

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the roots and the consequences of religious fundamentalism. It still

Melvyn Bragg examines the future of gene therapy and advances in evolutionary biology. Are we contin

Melvyn Bragg examines how two writers’ work have been shaped by political oppression and explores wh

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss whether religion can still be seen as a way of interpreting and judg