Culture

How the earliest poem in Older Scots framed the legend of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn.

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the Vienna Secession.

The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.

The prolific and versatile Jacobean playwright tasked with 'improving' some of Shakespeare

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss this influential and prolific 18th-century Irish writer.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential English architect John Soane.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the eighteenth century mania for classical vases.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential Greek biographer and his main work

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 12th-century Persian epic romantic poet.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century Italian novelist and essayist

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the greatest devotional poem writer in English.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louisa May Alcott's influential story of the March sisters

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fine poet of love and war and author of I, Claudius.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Claude Monet's fascination with the foggy Thames.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great English comic novels.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing poet at the heart of Henry VIII's court

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 20th-century German playwright.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes' comedy in which a sex strike brings peace.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the epic poem that helped build the Finnish nation.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the innovative and highly influential American poet.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Sanskrit epic.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the impact of the waltz on British society and culture.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale inspired by Alice Liddell

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's great comedy of love, desire and marriage.