Streathamites
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Edmund 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
Philosophy18th-century Irish philosophers18th-century Irish writersPhilosophers of cultureIrish Freemasons, Irish libertarians, Irish people of English descentBritish MPs 1774–1780Rectors of the University of GlasgowBritish MPs 1784–1790, British MPs 1790–1796Virtue ethicistsPhilosophers of religionCritics of deismEnglish libertariansHistorians of the French RevolutionAlumni of Trinity College Dublin18th-century philosophersEnglish people of Irish descentPhilosophers of education18th-century English philosophersPhilosophers of art18th-century English male writersStreathamitesPolitical philosophersClassical liberalismPhilosophers of historyBritish MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituenciesWriters from Dublin (city)18th-century English writersBritish political philosophersIrish AnglicansConservatismPhilosophers of economicsSocial philosophersNatural law ethicists18th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish male writersAnglican philosophers18th centuryEconomicsFranceIrelandFanny Burney
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney, also known as Frances D'Arblay and Frances Burney, best known for her novel Evelina.
23 April 2015
Featuring: Nicole Pohl, Judith Hawley, John Mullan
Culture19th-century English women writersEnglish essayistsEnglish women novelistsEnglish satiristsStreathamites19th-century English novelistsWriters from King's LynnConversationalistsBritish women essayistsEnglish women dramatists and playwrightsWriters from London18th-century English diarists19th-century English dramatists and playwrightsEnglish women poets18th-century English women writersEnglish pamphleteers18th-century English novelists18th century19th centuryJohnson
Melvyn Bragg discusses Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature, language and letters, and perhaps the most quotable Englishman to have ever lifted a pen.
27 October 2005
Featuring: John Mullan, Jim McLaverty, Judith Hawley
18th-century English male writers18th-century English writersEnglish essayistsEnglish literary criticsPeople with mood disorders18th-century lexicographers, 18th-century writers in LatinAnglican saintsStreathamites18th-century English poetsEnglish AnglicansConversationalistsMale essayistsEnglish travel writersEnglish sermon writersEnglish biographersBurials at Westminster Abbey18th centuryOliver Goldsmith
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield and The Deserted Village who was a great populariser of science and history in his time.
20 February 2025
Featuring: David O’Shaughnessy, Judith Hawley, Michael Griffin
CultureAlumni of Trinity College DublinStreathamitesIrish AnglicansIrish male dramatists and playwrightsAlumni of the University of Edinburgh18th-century Anglo-Irish people, 18th-century Irish male writersIrish male novelists18th-century Irish novelists, 18th-century Irish poetsIrish essayistsIrish male poets18th centuryIreland