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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
Napoleon's Hundred Days (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's surprise coup in 1815 before Waterloo
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (Archive Episode)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Heisenberg's key role at the outset of quantum mechanics
