BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

The Siege of Paris 1870-71

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Paris under Prussian siege and then under the Commune

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the poems of Catullus from the late Roman Republic

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

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and his poetry from the 1930s.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of coffee and its impact

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lawrence of Arabia for this year's Listener Week

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the heights of medical knowledge under the Ming dynasty

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dostoevsky's novel. The hero thinks he's above the law....

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaty ending the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691