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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. When ...

    October 1, 2020

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Shakespeare's most popular works, writt...

    April 18, 2019

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how artists from the Middle Ages onwards have ...

    February 14, 2019

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works of Wharton (1862-1937) such as The A...

    October 4, 2018

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, most quoted and long...

    December 28, 2017

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and impact of Germaine de Staël (1766...

    November 16, 2017

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689), who made her name and ...

    October 12, 2017

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Emily Dickinson, arguabl...

    May 11, 2017

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses and their role in Greek mythology, w...

    May 19, 2016

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tristan and Iseult, one of the most popular st...

    December 31, 2015

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the 18th-century nove...

    April 23, 2015

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Greek poet Sappho. Born in the late se...

    April 9, 2015

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Amazons, a tribe of formidable female ...

    April 11, 2013

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Druids, the priests of ancient Europe....

    September 20, 2012

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Kama Sutra, one of the most celebrated...

    February 2, 2012

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of metaphor. In Shakespeare's ...

    November 25, 2010

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the unicorn. In the 5th century BC a Greek...

    October 28, 2010

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests David Jackson, Dorothy Rowe and Alastair Wright discus...

    March 18, 2010

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Julie Sanders and Janet Clare discuss E...

    June 18, 2009

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss King Lear. Around the turn of 1606, a group o...

    February 28, 2008

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 18th Century fashion for epistolary ...

    March 15, 2007

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the Argentinian master of...

    January 4, 2007

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss hell and its representation in literature and ...

    December 21, 2006

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the anti slavery novel, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. W...

    June 8, 2006

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of friendship. In Greek and Roman ...

    March 2, 2006

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss truth, lies and fiction. In 1995 a book appear...

    July 15, 1999

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the development and the future of the novel. D...

    November 11, 1999

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    "Melvyn Bragg investigates masculinity in literature. Ernest Hemingway wrote in...

    January 20, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the politics and practice of re...

    February 17, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of William Shakespeare. He was nomina...

    May 11, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the American Ideal. The Twentieth Century has ...

    June 1, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss biography which sells more books now than ever...

    June 22, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg examines what we know about the life of William Shakespeare. Char...

    March 15, 2001

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of the 19th century Russian ...

    April 25, 2002

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss multiculturalism. The divisions between people...

    May 13, 1999

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Death, what the 16th century philosopher Franc...

    May 4, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of London. To T.S.Eliot it was the...

    September 28, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideals, exponents and legacy of Romanticis...

    October 12, 2000

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Scriblerus Club. The 18th century Club inc...

    June 9, 2005

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the legendary wizard Merlin. He was sired by a...

    June 30, 2005

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the literary and visual depiction of fairies, ...

    May 11, 2006

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a medieval journey through...

    July 3, 2008

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    "Join us for a conversation with award-winning poet Don Paterson to discuss whe...

    January 10, 2019

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    "Do you think scientists are boring boffins who don’t leave the lab? Think agai...

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist...

    November 15, 2012

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    "Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of truth. Pontius Pilate fa...

    December 18, 2014

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of human evolution, which stretches ...

    February 16, 2006

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    "Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss negative numbers, a history of mystery and sus...

    March 9, 2006

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    "Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic, the author of both Difficult Wo...

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    "Adam talks with British journalist, author and presenter, Helen Lewis about cu...

    October 5, 2024

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    "The podcaster and comedian has turned the city into a haven for manosphere inf...

    September 19, 2024

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    "This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.s...

    September 13, 2024

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    "John Houmes, Brad Edwards, and Helen Lewis, host of the podcast Helen Lewis Ha...

    August 21, 2024

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    "Send us a textJordan Peterson is a right wing polemicist who shouldn't have an...

    June 23, 2024

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    "As the U.K. prepares for a sudden national election in four weeks, Helen Lewis...

    June 3, 2024

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    "For our last episode in this series David is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss ...

    May 19, 2024

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    "Columnist and writer Sarah Ditum is the author of Toxic, which explores how in...

    January 24, 2024

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    "Helen Lewis is a journalist, broadcaster and staff writer for The Atlantic. Sh...

    January 24, 2024

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    "Cold Open Question of the Week: If Santa gave your wife a $50 gift card to spe...

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