BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

Plato's Republic

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pushkin's masterpiece, Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rural protest movement in America's Gilded Age.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louis Pasteur, known as a founder of microbiology.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), celebrated American poet.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Egyptian funerary text, The Book of the Dead.