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The Kama Sutra
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Kama Sutra.
Erasmus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
The An Lushan Rebellion
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the An Lushan Rebellion.
Conductors and Semiconductors
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the physics of electrical conduction.
Benjamin Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Benjamin Franklin.
Lyrical Ballads
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads.
Vitruvius and De Architectura
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.
Moses Mendelssohn
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.
The Measurement of Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time.
George Fox and the Quakers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Quakerism.
Early Geology
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the emergence of geology as a scientific discipline.
Neoplatonism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient philosophical school of Neoplatonism.
The Battle of Bosworth Field
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
Voltaire's Candide
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, published in 1759.
Game Theory
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss game theory, the mathematical study of decision-making
Clausewitz and On War
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War.
Marco Polo
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the celebrated Venetian explorer Marco Polo.
The Trojan War
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Trojan War, a central event of Ancient Greek mythology
King Solomon
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biblical king Solomon.
James Joyce's Ulysses
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss James Joyce's celebrated novel Ulysses.
Annie Besant
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.
Al-Kindi
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.
Scepticism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism.
Hadrian's Wall
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hadrian's Wall.
The Cell
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the biology and origins of the cell.
The Druids
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Druids of ancient Europe.
The Ontological Argument
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.
Gerald of Wales
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales.
Hannibal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the remarkable Carthaginian general Hannibal.
Caxton and the Printing Press
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Caxton and the influence of the printing press.
Fermat's Last Theorem
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Fermat's Last Theorem.