Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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  1. Colette

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels and life of one of the most remarkable writers of the last century, whose Claudine series was first published under her husband's name.

    27 January 2022

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    Featuring: Diana Holmes, Michèle Roberts, Belinda Jack

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    Culture19th-century French novelists, 19th-century French women writersBisexual memoiristsFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writers20th-century French women writersGrand Officers of the Legion of HonourFrench LGBTQ novelistsBisexual journalistsBurials at Père Lachaise Cemetery20th-century French novelists19th-century French LGBTQ people, 20th-century French LGBTQ peopleBisexual women writersBisexual novelistsFrench women novelists

  2. George Sand

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work and life of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin who in C19th France wrote many extremely successful novels, under the name George Sand

    6 February 2020

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    Featuring: Belinda Jack, Angela Ryan, Nigel Harkness

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    Culture19th-century pseudonymous writers19th-century French novelists, 19th-century French women writersFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writers19th-century French letter writersFrench LGBTQ novelistsWriters from ParisPseudonymous women writersFrench socialistsLegion of Honour refusalsFrench women novelists

  3. Proust

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and achievements of the 19th century French novelist Marcel Proust whose 3000 page work À La Recherche du Temps Perdu has been called the definitive modern novel.

    17 April 2003

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    Featuring: Jacqueline Rose, Malcolm Bowie, Robert Fraser

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    Conversationalists20th-century atheistsFrench philosophers of art19th-century French philosophersLGBTQ Roman Catholics19th-century French LGBTQ people, 20th-century French LGBTQ people19th-century mysticsPhilosophers of literatureFrench Roman Catholic writersFrench atheistsBurials at Père Lachaise Cemetery20th-century French novelistsFormer Roman CatholicsAphoristsDeaths from pneumonia in France, Prix Goncourt winnersFrench male non-fiction writersFrench literary criticsPeople with hypochondriasisFrench essayists19th-century atheists20th-century mystics20th-century French philosophersLycée Condorcet alumniFrench short story writersFrench LGBTQ novelistsWriters from ParisModernist writers20th-century French essayists, 20th-century French short story writers

  4. Simone de Beauvoir

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simone de Beauvoir - her work on existentialist ethics, philosophy and literature and her influence on feminism.

    22 October 2015

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    Featuring: Christina Howells, Margaret Atack, Ursula Tidd

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    PhilosophySocialist feministsFrench communistsFrench philosophers of artFeminist theoristsExistentialistsFrench feministsBisexual women writersPhilosophers of sexuality20th-century French memoiristsFrench bisexual women, French bisexual writersFrench atheistsBurials at Montparnasse Cemetery20th-century French novelistsFormer Roman CatholicsFeminist studies scholarsJerusalem Prize recipientsFrench philosophers of educationFrench political philosophersCommunist women writersBisexual memoiristsDeaths from pneumonia in France, Prix Goncourt winnersFrench women philosophersFrench Marxists, French anti-war activistsFrench literary criticsAtheist philosophersBisexual novelistsFrench women novelists20th-century French philosophers20th-century French women writersFrench LGBTQ novelistsWriters from ParisUniversity of Paris alumniScholars of feminist philosophy