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Goethe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great German polymath, Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
The Carolingian Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Emperor Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance.
The Royal Society
The history of the formation of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy.
Don Quixote
Melvyn Bragg considers the importance of the 17th century Spanish novel Don Quixote.
Negative Numbers
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and suspicion.
Friendship
Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’.
Catherine the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Empress who transformed and modernized Russia.
Human Evolution
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the six million year old story of human evolution.
Chaucer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English literature.
The Abbasid Caliphs
Melvyn Bragg examines the Abbasid Caliphs, rulers of the Islamic world for 200 years.
