19th-century English non-fiction writers
The non-fiction novel is a literary genre which, broadly speaking, depicts real historical figures and actual events woven together with fictitious conversations and uses the storytelling techniques of fiction. The non-fiction novel is an otherwise loosely defined and flexible genre.
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CulturePhilosophyReligionAnglican saintsPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyWriters about activism and social changeEnglish male poetsPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceCritics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish essayistsBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish male non-fiction writersNobel laureates in LiteraturePhilosophers of economicsBritish male essayistsEnglish AnglicansEnglish people of Scottish descentLogiciansPhilosophers of psychologyPhilosophers of sexuality19th-century English poetsChristian radicalsEmpiricistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsEnglish male novelistsEnglish non-fiction writersLiteracy and society theoristsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists19th-century pseudonymous writersAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeEnglish agnosticsEnglish male short story writersEnglish travel writers19th-century English writers19th-century male writers20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsBritish critics of religionsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish feminists, English feminist writersEnglish satiristsEnglish socialistsTrope theoristsWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century British philanthropists19th-century British short story writers20th-century English novelistsAlumni of the University of EdinburghAnglican writersBritish Nobel laureatesBritish ethicistsBritish philosophers of mindBritish political philosophersEnglish abolitionistsEnglish libertariansEnglish philanthropistsEnglish political philosophersEnglish religious writersEnglish republicansEuropean democratic socialistsFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureScholars of feminist philosophyUtilitarians19th-century Anglicans19th-century English dramatists and playwrights19th-century English essayists19th-century English philosophers19th-century travel writersBritish free speech activistsBritish philosophers of languageBritish social reformersBritish socialistsConsequentialistsEnglish logiciansEnglish political writersEnglish suffragistsLecturersMembers of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies, British MPs 1780–1784Mythopoeic writersWriters from the London Borough of Camden18th-century evangelicals19th-century British journalists19th-century English politicians19th-century English short story writers20th-century English memoiristsAnglo-ScotsBritish MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1784–1790British classical liberal economistsBritish philosophers of logicBritish reformersBritish social liberalsBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchDeaths from ulcersEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish autobiographersEnglish children's writersEnglish historical novelists, 19th-century English historiansEnglish hymnwritersEnglish prisoners and detaineesEnglish reformersEnglish science fiction writersEnglish-language poets from IndiaFellows of the Royal Society of ArtsFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandHonorary Fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghInfectious disease deaths in FranceMaritime writersPeople from Somers Town, LondonPeople of the Victorian eraPolidori-Rossetti family, British people of Italian descent, English people of Italian descentRectors of the University of St AndrewsSuicides by cyanide poisoningUK MPs 1820–1826, UK MPs 1818–1820UK MPs 1865–1868Voting theorists
Dickens
Melvyn Bragg discusses the achievements of Charles Dickens What is his political and literary legacy to our age?
12 July 2001
Featuring: Rosemary Ashton, Michael Slater, John Bowen
CultureWriters about activism and social changeEnglish male poetsCritics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish male non-fiction writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansBritish male essayists19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelistsLiteracy and society theoristsEnglish male dramatists and playwrights19th-century English novelists19th-century pseudonymous writersEnglish male short story writersEnglish travel writersWriters of Gothic fictionEnglish satirists19th-century English non-fiction writersBritish critics of religionsTrope theorists19th-century British short story writers19th-century British philanthropistsEnglish philanthropistsAnglican writers19th-century English dramatists and playwrightsWriters from the London Borough of CamdenBritish social reformersLecturers19th-century English essayists19th-century travel writersEnglish reformersEnglish prisoners and detaineesPeople from Somers Town, London19th-century British journalistsEnglish historical novelists, 19th-century English historiansMill
Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill and his treatise On Liberty which is one of the sacred texts of liberalism.
18 May 2006
Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Alan Ryan
PhilosophyPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of scienceEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of economicsLogiciansBritish male essayistsPhilosophers of sexualityEnglish people of Scottish descentPhilosophers of psychologyEnglish non-fiction writersEmpiricistsEnglish agnostics19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century English writersEnglish socialistsScholars of feminist philosophyEuropean democratic socialistsBritish philosophers of mindBritish ethicistsUtilitariansEnglish libertariansEnglish republicansEnglish political philosophersBritish political philosophersBritish philosophers of languageBritish socialistsEnglish logicians19th-century English philosophersEnglish suffragists19th-century English essayistsConsequentialistsEnglish political writersBritish free speech activistsUK MPs 1865–1868Voting theoristsBritish classical liberal economistsEnglish autobiographersRectors of the University of St AndrewsBritish philosophers of logicBritish social liberalsAnglo-ScotsHonorary Fellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghInfectious disease deaths in FranceEnglish feminists, English feminist writersPolidori's The Vampyre
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myths that gave rise to this novella from 1819 by Byron's physician, John Polidori, and the works such as Bram Stoker's Dracula it inspired.
07 April 2022
Featuring: Nick Groom, Samantha George, Martyn Rady
CultureEnglish male non-fiction writersWriters of Gothic fiction19th-century English non-fiction writers19th-century male writers19th-century British short story writersAlumni of the University of EdinburghSuicides by cyanide poisoningBurials at St Pancras Old ChurchPolidori-Rossetti family, British people of Italian descent, English people of Italian descentRudyard Kipling
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire.
16 October 2014
Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore
CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in LiteratureEnglish people of Scottish descent19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish male short story writers20th-century English poets20th-century English male writers19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish Nobel laureates20th-century English novelistsFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureBritish Nobel laureatesMythopoeic writersPeople of the Victorian era19th-century English short story writersMaritime writersEnglish-language poets from India20th-century English memoiristsDeaths from ulcersEnglish children's writersEnglish hymnwritersEnglish science fiction writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish anti-fascistsWilberforce
In an unusual edition of In Our Time, marking the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade, Melvyn Bragg leaves the studio to examine the life of William Wilberforce.
22 February 2007
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ReligionAnglican saintsEnglish male non-fiction writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish AnglicansChristian radicalsAlumni of St John's College, Cambridge19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish religious writersEnglish philanthropistsEnglish abolitionistsAnglican writers19th-century Anglicans19th-century English politicians18th-century evangelicalsBritish reformersFellows of the Royal Society of ArtsMembers of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies, British MPs 1780–1784UK MPs 1820–1826, UK MPs 1818–1820British MPs 1790–1796, British MPs 1784–1790