Orthography
2 episodes
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Reading
Melvyn Bragg explores the history of reading from the prayer wheel of medieval England to the electronic book, and discusses whether what we read is essential or peripheral to the people we become.
17 February 2000
Featuring: Kevin Sharpe, Jacqueline Pearson
The Alphabet
Melvyn Bragg discusses the feat of astonishing intellectual engineering which provides us with millions of words in hundreds of languages. How did it develop and conquer three quarters of the globe?
18 December 2003
Featuring: Eleanor Robson, Alan Millard, Rosalind Thomas