Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Anne Murphy

Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire

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Covers topics in categories such as:

Chartered companiesHistory of bankingBritish slave tradePolitical scandals in the United KingdomDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of SailHistory

  1. The South Sea Bubble

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the South Sea Bubble, the speculation mania in early 18th-century England which ended in the financial ruin of many of its investors.

    20 December 2012

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    Also featuring: Helen Paul, Roey Sweet

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    HistoryChartered companiesHistory of bankingBritish slave tradePolitical scandals in the United KingdomDefunct companies of the United Kingdom, Age of Sail