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In 1964 Peter Higgs had a big idea about the mystery of how matter in the universe got its mass. This question has such an important place in physics that well over one billion pounds is being spent in the...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Alchemy, the ancient science of transformations. The most famous alchemical text is the Emerald Tablet, written around 500BC and attributed to the mythical...
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the writing of history has changed over time, from ancient epics to medieval hagiographies and modern deconstructions. In the 6th century AD, the bishop of Tours began his...
Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick, Julie Sanders, Professor of English Literature and Drama at the...
Some forty years ago great hopes were raised in the literary community that the sort of routine mechanical analysis of literary texts (e.g. word counts and frequency of use of particular terms) that the...
Melvyn Bragg presents an analysis and celebration of the remarkable language, voice and vocal acrobatics displayed throughout his life by Sir Winston Churchill. The programme examines the way Churchill used...
Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and guests Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones, Professor John Sutherland and textual scholar Grace Ioppolo examine what we do know about the life of William Shakespeare. How was...
A series that examines the lives, legends and heritage of the first twelve men chosen by Jesus. Some of them, like Peter and Judas, are instantly recognisable but others, like Thaddeus and Bartholomew, are...
Radio programme. Presenter Melvyn Bragg and guests Professor Frank Kermode, director Michael Bogdanov, and Professor Germaine Greer discuss the work of Shakespeare. Does Ben Jonson’s claim that Shakespeare...
Radio series in which Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced modern times. In this episode Melvyn Bragg discusses Hamlet with Jonathan Bate, Carol Rutter and Sonia...
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