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2014
January
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Plato’s Symposium 2 JanMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato’s Symposium, one of the Greek philosopher’s most celebrated works.100 Philosophy
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The Battle of Tours 16 JanMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours.940 History of Europe
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the sources for early Chinese history.950 History of Asia
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Catastrophism 30 JanMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Catastrophism, the idea that natural disasters have had a significant influence in moulding the Earth’s geological features.550 Earth sciences and geology
February
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The Phoenicians 6 FebMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians.900 History
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Chivalry 13 FebMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss chivalry, the moral code observed by knights of the Middle Ages.390 Customs, etiquette and folklore
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Social Darwinism 20 FebMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Social Darwinism.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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The Eye 27 FebMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the eye.610 Medicine and health
March
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Spartacus 6 MarMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Spartacus, the gladiator who led a major slave rebellion against the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC.930 History of the Ancient World
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The Trinity 13 MarMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Trinity.230 Christianity
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Bishop Berkeley 20 MarMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century.190 Modern Western Philosophy
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Weber’s The Protestant Ethic 27 MarMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber’s book the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
April
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States of Matter 3 AprMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the science of matter and the states in which it can exist.530 Physics
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Strabo’s Geographica 10 AprMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo’s Geographica.910 Geography and travel
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The Domesday Book 17 AprMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Domesday Book, a vast survey of the land and property of much of England and Wales completed in 1086.940 History of Europe
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Tristram Shandy 24 AprMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy.820 English and Old English literatures
May
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The Tale of Sinuhe 1 MayMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss The Tale of Sinuhe, one of the most celebrated works of ancient Egyptian literature.890 Other literatures
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The Sino-Japanese War 8 MayMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45.950 History of Asia
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 22 MayMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.820 English and Old English literatures
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The Talmud 29 MayMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and contents of the Talmud, one of the most important texts of Judaism.290 Other religions
June
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The Bluestockings 5 JunMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bluestockings.300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology
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Robert Boyle 12 JunMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Robert Boyle, a pioneering scientist and a founder member of the Royal Society.500 Science
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The Philosophy of Solitude 19 JunMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude.120 Epistemology
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Hildegard of Bingen 26 JunMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages, Hildegard of Bingen.270 History of Christianity
July
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Mrs Dalloway 3 JulMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway.820 English and Old English literatures
September
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e 25 SepMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Euler’s number, also known as e.510 Mathematics
October
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Julius Caesar 2 OctMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life, work and reputation of Julius Caesar.930 History of the Ancient World
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The Battle of Talas 9 OctMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Talas, a significant encounter between Arab and Chinese forces which took place in central Asia in 751 AD.900 History
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Rudyard Kipling 16 OctMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling.820 English and Old English literatures
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The Haitian Revolution 23 OctMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution.970 History of North America
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Nuclear Fusion 30 OctMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss nuclear fusion, the process that powers stars.530 Physics
November
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Hatshepsut 6 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, whose name means ‘foremost of noble ladies’.930 History of the Ancient World
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Brunel 13 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Victorian engineer responsible for bridges, tunnels and railways still in use today more than 150 years after they were built.600 Technology
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Aesop 20 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop.390 Customs, etiquette and folklore
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Kafka’s The Trial 27 NovMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Franz Kafka’s novel of power and alienation ‘The Trial’, in which readers follow the protagonist Joseph K into a bizarre, nightmarish world in which he stands accused of an unknown crime; courts of interrogation convene in obscure tenement buildings; and there seems to be no escape from a crushing, oppressive bureaucracy.810 American literature in English
December
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Zen 4 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen.290 Other religions
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Behavioural Ecology 11 DecMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss Behavioural Ecology, the scientific study of animal behaviour.590 Animals (Zoology)
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Truth 18 DecMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of truth.100 Philosophy