2026

On Liberty 15 Jan

Journalist, author and historian Misha Glenny presents his first edition of In Our Time, succeeding Melvyn Bragg who retired from this role last summer.
320 Political science
The Mariana Trench 22 Jan

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the wonders of the natural world.
550 Earth sciences and geology
The Roman Arena 29 Jan

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the countless venues across the Roman Empire which for over five hundred years drew the biggest crowds both in the Republic and under the Emperors.
930 History of the Ancient World

Henry IV Part 1 5 Feb

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most successful of Shakespeare’s plays in his own time.
820 English and Old English literatures
The Code of Hammurabi 12 Feb

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the laws that Hammurabi (c1810 - c1750 BC), King of Babylon, had carved into a black basalt pillar in present day Iraq and which, since its rediscovery in 1901 in present day Iran, has affirmed Hammurabi’s reputation as one of the first great lawmakers.
340 Law
John Keats 19 Feb

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the short life and lasting works of Keats (1795-1821), who in one year wrote some of the most loved poems in English.
820 English and Old English literatures
The Columbian Exchange 26 Feb

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the exchange of cultures and biology across the Atlantic and Pacific after 1492.
900 History

Margaret Beaufort 5 Mar

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the woman who, as a child bride, became mother to the boy who would eventually become the first king in the Tudor dynasty.
940 History of Europe
Archaea 12 Mar

Misha Glenny and guests discuss one of the most remarkable scientific discoveries of the 20th century: the archaea microorganisms.
570 Biology
Dadaism 19 Mar

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the provocative artistic phenomenon that first startled audiences in 1916 in Zurich.
700 Arts
Silicon 26 Mar

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the physics, biology and chemistry of the element silicon which is at the heart of some of the most useful and beautiful objects on the planet.
540 Chemistry

The Spanish-American War 1898 2 Apr

Misha Glenny and guests discuss a turning point in world affairs in 1898 that left Spain greatly reduced as an imperial power and the US the owner of the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a significant influence over the newly independent Cuba where the war broke out.
970 History of North America