BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

Muslim Spain

Melvyn Bragg examines Muslim Spain, from Cordoba’s golden age to the fall of Granada.

Melvyn Bragg explores Victorian realism and its focus on the ordinariness of life.

Melvyn Bragg examines whether our natures are innate or defined by unbringing.

Melvyn Bragg explores the ideas architecture expresses about our past and identity.

Melvyn Bragg explores the origin of the concept and the historical role of the scientist.

Melvyn Bragg examines British imperialism and its captives, both slaves and Britons.

Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship between heritage culture and the study of history.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of politics on psychoanalysis.

Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value.

Melvyn Bragg examines how a dominant power can exert a cultural influence on its empire.