BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

Euclid's Elements

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Elements of Euclid.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 1816, known as the year without a summer.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutron.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Maya civilization in central America.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible