Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Margaret Kean

University Lecturer in English and College Fellow at St Hilda's College, Oxford

2 episodes

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  1. Dante's Inferno

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a journey through the nine circles of Hell. Dante was a medieval Italian poet and the Inferno, his greatest work, is a masterpiece of world literature.

    23 October 2008

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    Also featuring: John Took, Claire Honess

     
  2. Hell

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the idea of Hell and its changing appearance in literature and the visual arts from Ancient Egypt to today.

    21 December 2006

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    Also featuring: Martin Palmer, Neil MacGregor