In Our Time: Culture
Episodes
Lear
28 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss King Lear. Around the turn of 1606, a group of London theatre-goers braved the plague to take in a new play by the we...
Rudolph II
31 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the coterie of brilliant thinkers gathered in 16th century Prague by the melancholic emperor Rudolph II. In 1606 the ...
The Fisher King
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Melvyn Bragg and guests will be delving into the world of medieval legend in pursuit of the powerful and enigmatic Fisher King. In the world of mediev...
Camus
03 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Algerian-French writer and Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus. Shortly after the new year of 1960, a powerful...