<p>A world-class seminar, every week. In Our Time explores the ideas, people and discoveries that have shaped our world, spanning history, philosophy, religion, science, literature, art and culture. On Thursdays, hear brand-new episodes hosted by Misha Glenny and leading academics. On Mondays, discover Misha's Archive Picks: classic conversations from the In Our Time archive, originally presented by Melvyn Bragg. Recent episodes have featured topics as wide-ranging as the Roman Arena, Handel's Messiah, John Keats, On Liberty and the Mariana Trench, bringing expert insight to pivotal events, influential thinkers and remarkable discoveries. Throughout the archive, you can hear discussions on historical figures such as Marie Antoinette, Nefertiti, Mary Wollstonecraft, Karl Marx and Albert Einstein; explore great works of literature such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the poetry of John Donne; uncover the stories behind cultural masterpieces including Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel; or journey from Jupiter and the death of stars, to the theories of Plato and Aristotle. In Our Time celebrates the pursuit of knowledge and the enduring power of ideas.</p>

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Title Date published
Fairies 2006-05-11
Astronomy and Empire 2006-05-04
The Great Exhibition of 1851 2006-04-27
Immunisation 2006-04-20
The Oxford Movement 2006-04-13
Goethe 2006-04-06
The Carolingian Renaissance 2006-03-30
The Royal Society 2006-03-23
Don Quixote 2006-03-16
Negative Numbers 2006-03-09
Friendship 2006-03-02
Catherine the Great 2006-02-23
Human Evolution 2006-02-16
Chaucer 2006-02-09
The Abbasid Caliphs 2006-02-02
Seventeenth Century Print Culture 2006-01-26
Relativism 2006-01-19
Prime Numbers 2006-01-12
The Oath 2006-01-05
The Oresteia 2005-12-29
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