Blog posts by year and monthMay 2014
Posts (10)
In Our Time: The Talmud
The Talmud, of which I had the merest knowledge, proved to be a revelation in many ways.
In Our Time - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
In Thursday's programme Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
In Our Time: Photosynthesis
How and why are NASA funding research into photosynethsis? Melvyn Bragg goes behind-the-scenes of this week's show.
Gironimo! Riding the very terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
Shattered wheels, broken arms, kidney failure, lost eyes... the 1914 Giro D'Italia is renouned as the toughest cycling race in history. So naturally, 48 year old writer Tim Moore decided to recreate this gruelling Tour in period costume and on a 100 year-old style of bike that he built himself.
In Our Time - The Sino-Japanese War
Melvyn Bragg's discusses the Sino-Japanese War on Radio 4's In Our Time.
Top Kitchen Hacks
To celebrate The Kitchen Cabinet's move to Saturdays Jay Rayner puts together a list of top tips from the first episode of this series, recorded in Liverpool.
Frank Zappa and Me
In 1967 Pauline Butcher, then a 21-year-old secretary, was sent to a London hotel on a typing assignment. The client turned out to be avant-garde American musician Frank Zappa.
In Our Time: The Tale of Sinuhe
Editor's note: In Thursday's programme, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed The Tale of Sinuhe
Bookclub - The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Christos Tsiolkas talks to James Naughtie and readers about his 2010 novel The Slap.
