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The Black Death
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the Black Death and its effect on medieval society.
The Library at Nineveh
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a treasure house of Assyrian ideas.
The Brain
The history of cultural, medical, artistic and philosophical ideas about the human brain.
The Enclosures of the 18th Century
Melvyn Bragg examines the enclosure movement that fenced in the British countryside.
Materialism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.
Yeats and Irish Politics
Melvyn Bragg examines the effect of Irish politics on the work of the poet W.B. Yeats.
The Norman Yoke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ‘the Norman Yoke'.
The Laws of Motion
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion.
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
Melvyn Bragg examines Henry VIII's policy of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Kierkegaard
Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
