BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

John Clare

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, known as his great last work.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cause and impact of the gin craze in the 18th century.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Garibaldi and the Risorgimento, for our Listener Week.