Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

French socialists

The Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste [paʁti sɔsjalist], PS) is a centre-left and social-democratic party. It holds pro-European views.

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  1. Camus

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nobel Prize winning Algerian-French writer and existentialist philosopher Albert Camus.

    3 January 2008

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    Featuring: Peter Dunwoodie, David Walker, Christina Howells

     
  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

     
  3. Maurice Merleau-Ponty

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the insights of this French philosopher into the relationship between mind and body, the role of language in thought and the value of habits

    27 March 2025

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    Featuring: Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, Thomas Baldwin, Timothy Mooney

     
  4. Sartre

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the life and works of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

    7 October 2004

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    Featuring: Jonathan Rée, Benedict O'Donohoe, Christina Howells

     
  5. Simone Weil

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil. Admired by Albert Camus and Iris Murdoch, she achieved a great deal in her short life.

    15 November 2012

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    Featuring: Beatrice Han-Pile, Stephen Plant, David Levy