Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Bisexual military personnel

The United States military formerly excluded gay men, bisexuals, and lesbians from service. In 1993, the United States Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed a law instituting the policy commonly referred to as "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) which allowed gay, lesbian, and bisexual people to serve as long as they did not reveal their sexual orientation.

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  1. Siegfried Sassoon

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the war poet Siegfried Sassoon; a homosexual war hero who became a bitter opponent of the First World War and a devout Catholic.

    7 June 2007

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    Featuring: Jean Moorcroft Wilson, Fran Brearton, Max Egremont

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    Culture20th-century English poets20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelistsLGBTQ Roman CatholicsEnglish Catholic poetsRoman Catholic writersWar writersBritish Army personnel of World War IPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderEnglish LGBTQ poets20th-century English LGBTQ peopleJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsEnglish Roman CatholicsBisexual male writersPeople educated at Marlborough College20th-century English memoiristsBisexual military personnelBisexual poetsDeaths from stomach cancer in EnglandEnglish World War I poets, Recipients of the Military Cross

  2. Wittgenstein

    Melvyn Bragg discusses how Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the greatest philosophers of the modern age has influenced contemporary culture with his ideas on language.

    4 December 2003

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    Featuring: Ray Monk, Barry Smith, Marie McGinn

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    PhilosophySocial philosophersOntologistsPhilosophy writersTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of mindMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of cultureEpistemologistsPhilosophers of social sciencePhilosophers of mathematicsJewish philosophersMetaphilosophersBritish male essayistsPhilosophers of logicPhilosophers of artPhilosophers of languageAnalytic philosophersJewish agnostics20th-century British philosophersWittgensteinian philosophersCambridge University Moral Sciences ClubPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeFellows of Trinity College, CambridgeLinguistic turn20th-century British essayistsBisexual male writersBertrand Russell Professors of Philosophy20th-century British non-fiction writersOrdinary language philosophyBisexual military personnelAustro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I, Austrian people of Jewish descentLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophersNaturalised citizens of the United Kingdom, Austrian agnostics, British people of Austrian-Jewish descent, Austrian essayists, Writers from Vienna, British logicians, 20th-century Austrian philosophers, Austrian logicians, British agnostics