BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

The Mamluks

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Chinese book Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Physiocrats, important French economic thinkers.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss prophecy in the Abrahamic religions.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Einstein's theory of relativity.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Queen Zenobia, who led a rebellion against Ancient Rome.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss cosmic rays.