English people of Irish descent
Irish migration to Great Britain has occurred from the earliest recorded history to the present. There has been a continuous movement of people between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain due to their proximity.
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Alan Turing
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of the founder of computer science - whose work helped crack enemy codes in WW2 - and his exploration of artificial intelligence.
15 October 2020
Featuring: Leslie Ann Goldberg, Simon Schaffer, Andrew Hodges
ScienceTheoretical biologistsEnglish atheists20th-century English mathematiciansLGBTQ mathematicians, LGBTQ philosophers20th-century English philosophersFellows of the Royal Society20th-century atheistsEnglish logiciansSuicides by cyanide poisoningGay scientistsEnglish inventorsCastrated people20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish people of Irish descentPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsGay academicsComputer designersAnnie Besant
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of 19th-century writer and campaigner Annie Besant.
21 June 2012
Featuring: Lawrence Goldman, David Stack, Yasmin Khan
CultureVictorian women writersEnglish feminist writers, English feministsNew Age predecessorsEnglish activistsVictorian writersEnglish socialistsEnglish non-fiction writersSocial Democratic Federation membersWomen mysticsEnglish suffragistsEnglish people of Irish descentEnglish women activistsFounders of Indian schools and collegesBritish women's rights activistsFormer AnglicansBritish reformers19th-century English women writersEdmund Burke
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke, whose views on revolution in America and France were hugely influential.
3 June 2010
Featuring: Karen O'Brien, Richard Bourke, John Keane
PhilosophyBritish political philosophersEnglish libertariansNatural law ethicistsIrish Freemasons, Irish libertarians, Irish people of English descentBritish MPs 1774–1780Historians of the French RevolutionEnglish people of Irish descent18th-century philosophersClassical liberalismStreathamitesSocial philosophers18th-century English writersPhilosophers of economics18th-century Irish philosophersVirtue ethicistsCritics of deism18th-century English philosophersPhilosophers of cultureIrish AnglicansPhilosophers of education18th-century Irish writersPhilosophers of artBritish MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796Writers from Dublin (city)18th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish male writersRectors of the University of GlasgowConservatismPolitical philosophersPhilosophers of religionAnglican philosophersAlumni of Trinity College DublinBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesPhilosophers of history18th-century English male writersRobert Graves
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the author of I, Claudius, especially his love and war poems and his ideas on the source of all creativity.
10 October 2024
Featuring: Paul O'Prey, Fran Brearton, Bob Davis
Culture20th-century English novelistsEnglish atheists20th-century atheists20th-century English male writersEnglish people of Irish descentPrix Italia winnersEnglish writers with disabilitiesEnglish LGBTQ poets20th-century English poetsEnglish male short story writers20th-century English non-fiction writersPeople educated at Charterhouse SchoolJames Tait Black Memorial Prize recipientsEnglish historical novelistsPeople with post-traumatic stress disorderBisexual male writers20th-century English LGBTQ peopleEnglish bisexual men, English bisexual writers, Royal Welch Fusiliers officersBritish Army personnel of World War IBisexual memoiristsEnglish male novelists20th-century English memoiristsEnglish male poets20th-century translatorsEnglish World War I poetsBisexual novelistsBisexual poetsEnglish short story writersEnglish literary criticsOxford Professors of PoetryEnglish male non-fiction writers