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Hypnosis
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore hypnosis.
The Vienna Secession
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Vienna Secession.
The Evolution of Lungs
From the mechanics of the first breaths on Earth to the reason we hiccup.
Barbour's 'Brus'
How the earliest poem in Older Scots framed the legend of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.
Dragons
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this ubiquitous mythical creature.
Civility: talking with those who disagree with you
On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards
Germinal (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike.
Demosthenes' Philippics (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks
Vincent Van Gogh (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles
Tutankhamun (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and what it revealed
Julian of Norwich (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval anchoress and her Revelations of Divine Love