Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

18th-century Irish novelists, 18th-century Irish poets

2 episodes

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  1. Oliver Goldsmith

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield and The Deserted Village who was a great populariser of science and history in his time.

    20 February 2025

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    Featuring: David O’Shaughnessy, Judith Hawley, Michael Griffin

     
  2. Swift's A Modest Proposal

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jonathan Swift's satirical 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal, which reveals much about attitudes to the Irish and the poor in 18th-Century Britain.

    29 January 2009

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    Featuring: John Mullan, Judith Hawley, Ian McBride