Jenny Uglow
writer and biographer
4 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Simon Schaffer
Covers topics in categories such as:
Vase-mania
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore why eighteenth century collectors became so enthusiastic about ancient vases, especially Greek ones, and how Josiah Wedgwood reimagined these for consumers.
26 December 2024
Also featuring: Rosemary Sweet, Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
North and South
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, who set her 1855 novel in a version of Manchester she called Milton in the county of Darkshire.
9 March 2017
Also featuring: Sally Shuttleworth, Dinah Birch
Oxygen
Melvyn Bragg discusses the discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley and Antoine Lavoisier and the Anglo-French feud that accompanied it.
15 November 2007
Also featuring: Simon Schaffer, Hasok Chang