Mary Vincent
Professor of Modern European History at the University of Sheffield
4 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Spanish-American War 1898
Misha Glenny and guests discuss the imperial war in which the US took the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico from Spain and gained greater influence over newly-independent Cuba.
2 April 2026
Also featuring: Frank Cogliano, Stephen Wilkinson
Picasso's Guernica
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Pablo Picasso's Guernica, which he painted in 1937 soon after the bombing of that Basque town in the Spanish Civil War, and its wider context.
2 November 2017
Also featuring: Gijs van Hensbergen, Dacia Viejo Rose
Animal Farm
4 Extra Debut. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he struggled to publish in WW2 as the USSR was an ally. From 2016.
29 September 2016
Also featuring: Steven Connor, Robert Colls
CultureDystopian novelsNovels adapted into radio programsRoman à clef novelsBritish novellasBritish novels adapted into television showsEnglish novelsBritish novels adapted into filmsCensored booksBritish political novels, Novels about propaganda, Novels about revolutionaries, Novels about totalitarianism, Novels by George Orwell, Secker & Warburg booksNovels adapted into comicsBritish satirical novelsAllegoryBritish novels adapted into playsBookThe Spanish Civil War
Melvyn Bragg discusses the causes, events and repercussions of the Spanish Civil War, which became an international battleground for the forces of Fascism and Communism as Europe geared up for war.
3 April 2003
Also featuring: Paul Preston, Helen Graham