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The history of the politics, practice and process of reading.
Grand Unified Theory
The 20th century pursuit in physics for the ultimate theory of everything.
Metamorphosis
Melvyn Bragg explores the enduring appeal of the Roman poet Ovid鈥檚 work Metamorphoses.
The Age of Doubt
Melvyn Bragg examines the spread of religious doubt over the last three centuries.
Lenin
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled his successes.
Materialism and the Consumer
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and future of material culture.
History and Understanding the Past
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we can ever predict the future by understanding the past.
The Natural Order
Melvyn Bragg examines the science of taxonomy; the classification of the natural world.
New Wars
Melvyn Bragg examines whether we are in a new era in the history of modern warfare.
Englishness
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity.
Human Origins
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolution of the human species.
Death
Melvyn Bragg examines the development of Western rituals and attitudes to death.
Shakespeare's Work
Melvyn Bragg examines what it is about Shakespeare鈥檚 work that makes it universal.
The Wars of the Roses
The 15th century wars of the royal Houses of Lancaster and York.
Chemical Elements
Melvyn Bragg explores chemistry's ongoing mission to understand irreducible substances.
The American Ideal
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the ideals that underwrite the idealism of America.
The Renaissance
Melvyn Bragg explores the veracity of modern claims about the culture of the Renaissance.
Inspiration and Genius
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the true meaning of genius and whether it is born or made.
Biography
Melvyn Bragg examines why the public is fascinated with the private lives of individuals.
Imagination and Consciousness
Melvyn Bragg investigates how neuroscience can explain the enigmas of consciousness.
London
The history of London from its Neolithic origin to the digitalised capital city of today.
Hitler in History
Melvyn Bragg examines Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany though historiographical theories.
The Romantics
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticism.
Laws of Nature
Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.
The Tudor State
Melvyn Bragg looks at the re-shaping of England as a modern state by the Tudor dynasty.
Evolutionary Psychology
Melvyn Bragg explores the basis and context for the ideas of Evolutionary Psychology.
Psychoanalysis and Literature
Melvyn Bragg assesses the role of Freudian analysis in understanding literature.
Nihilism
The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.
Gothic
Melvyn Bragg examines the origins and significance of the 18th century Gothic movement.
Mathematics and Platonism
Melvyn Bragg examines whether mathematics is a process of invention or of discovery.
The Enlightenment in Britain
Melvyn Bragg examines the role of British thinkers in the 18th century Enlightenment.