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North and South
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South from 1855.
The Kuiper Belt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the icy Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune, home to Pluto.
Seneca the Younger
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.
Maths in the Early Islamic World
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the flourishing of maths in the Islamic world from C8th.
John Clare
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Clare, poet and farm labourer.
Hannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher
Parasitism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another
Mary, Queen of Scots
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.
Johannes Kepler
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.