
Freemasons of the United Grand Lodge of England
The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales and the Commonwealth of Nations. Claiming descent from the Masonic grand lodge formed 24 June 1717 at the Goose & Gridiron Tavern in London, it is considered to be the oldest Masonic Grand Lodge in the world.
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Oscar Wilde
Melvyn Bragg discusses Oscar Wilde, the Aesthetes and his literary legacy. Was Wilde a reactionary - the last of the romantics - or was he the midwife to modernism?
6 December 2001
Featuring: Valentine Cunningham, Regenia Gagnier, Neil Sammells
ConversationalistsIrish male poetsInfectious disease deaths in FranceIrish Freemasons, Irish libertarians, Irish people of English descentConverts to Roman Catholicism from AnglicanismLGBTQ Roman CatholicsWriters of Gothic fictionFin de siècleIrish male dramatists and playwrightsBisexual male writersAlumni of Magdalen College, OxfordBurials at Père Lachaise CemeteryVictorian novelistsIrish writers in French, People educated at Portora Royal SchoolAphoristsVictorian poets19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights, 19th-century Irish poets, Symbolist dramatists and playwrightsFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandLibertarian socialistsScholars of Trinity College DublinWriters from Dublin (city)Anglo-Irish artists, Irish fantasy writersIrish expatriates in FranceBisexual poetsBisexual novelistsIrish male novelistsLGBTQ AnglicansBisexual journalistsAlumni of Trinity College DublinPeople convicted for homosexuality in the United Kingdom, People who have received posthumous pardonsRudyard 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
Culture20th-century English novelistsMythopoeic writers19th-century English short story writersNobel laureates in Literature20th-century English male writers20th-century English poetsEnglish male short story writersBurials at Westminster AbbeyEnglish hymnwritersVictorian novelists19th-century English novelistsEnglish-language poets from IndiaMaritime writers19th-century English non-fiction writersEnglish children's writersFreemasons of the United Grand Lodge of EnglandRectors of the University of St AndrewsEnglish science fiction writersEnglish male novelistsFellows of the Royal Society of Literature20th-century English memoiristsBritish Nobel laureates19th-century English poetsDeaths from ulcersEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish anti-fascistsEnglish people of Scottish descentPeople of the Victorian era