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The Evolution of Lungs

From the mechanics of the first breaths on Earth to the reason we hiccup.

• 48 mins

Barbour's 'Brus'

How the earliest poem in Older Scots framed the legend of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.

• 49 mins

Dragons

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this ubiquitous mythical creature.

• 46 mins

Civility: talking with those who disagree with you

On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards

• 51 mins

Germinal (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emile Zola's novel, set in a French miners' strike.

• 51 mins

Demosthenes' Philippics (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the speeches that set the standard for political attacks

• 56 mins

Vincent Van Gogh (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.

• 56 mins

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Keynes' influential attack on the Treaty of Versailles

• 50 mins

Tutankhamun (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and what it revealed

• 50 mins

Julian of Norwich (Archive Episode)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval anchoress and her Revelations of Divine Love

• 50 mins