Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

listworldabout

← back

Deaths from ulcers

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer.

2 episodes

Episodes in this category also belong to the following categories:

CultureBurials at Westminster AbbeyNobel laureates in Literature19th-century English poetsEnglish male novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish male short story writersVictorian novelists19th-century English novelists20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsIrish male dramatists and playwrightsIrish male poetsLiterary theoristsModernismModernist writers19th-century English non-fiction writers20th-century English novelistsEnglish Nobel laureatesIrish expatriates in FranceIrony theoristsTrope theorists20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsBritish Nobel laureatesFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureIrish male novelistsMetaphor theorists20th-century English memoiristsEnglish-language poets from IndiaHumor researchersMythopoeic writersSurrealist writers19th-century English short story writers20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writers20th-century letter writersEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish children's writersEnglish hymnwritersEnglish science fiction writersEyepatch wearersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandIrish satiristsMaritime writersPeople of the Victorian eraRectors of the University of St Andrews

  1. Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce's groundbreaking 1916 novel about growing up in Catholic Ireland.

    26 November 2009

    listen ↗

    Featuring: Roy Foster, Katherine Mullin, Jeri Johnson

    wikipedia article ↗
     
    CultureIrish satirists20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Irish male writers, 20th-century Irish poetsModernist writersTrope theoristsHumor researchersIrish expatriates in FranceIrish male dramatists and playwrightsMetaphor theoristsDeaths from ulcersIrish male novelistsSurrealist writersEyepatch wearersModernism20th-century letter writersIrony theorists20th-century Irish novelists, 20th-century Irish short story writers, Irish male short story writersIrish male poetsLiterary theorists20th centuryIreland

  2. Rudyard 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

    listen ↗

    Featuring: Howard Booth, Daniel Karlin, Jan Montefiore

    wikipedia article ↗
     
    CultureFellows of the Royal Society of LiteraturePeople of the Victorian eraEnglish male novelistsDeaths from ulcersMythopoeic writersEnglish science fiction writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England20th-century English memoirists20th-century English male writersEnglish hymnwriters19th-century English poets19th-century English novelistsEnglish anti-fascistsVictorian novelistsMaritime writersEnglish-language poets from IndiaEnglish male short story writers19th-century English short story writersEnglish Nobel laureatesNobel laureates in LiteratureRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish children's writers19th-century English non-fiction writersBritish Nobel laureates20th-century English novelistsEnglish people of Scottish descent20th-century English poetsBurials at Westminster Abbey19th century20th centuryLanguage