Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the dance which, from when it reached Britain in the early nineteenth century, revolutionised the... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in 1871 in Algeria against French rule, spreading over hundreds... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student, effectively... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city of... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's book which first appeared in print in 1865 with illustrations by John Tenniel.... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the chemical signals coursing through our bodies throughout our lives, produced in separate... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Hanseatic League or Hansa which dominated North European trade in the medieval period. With... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that some kind of consciousness is present not just in our human... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who inspired one of the best known artefacts from ancient Egypt. The Bust... more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-94), known as the Last of the Philosophes, the intellectuals in the... more