Peter Mandler
University Lecturer and Fellow in History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
3 episodes
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Victorian Pessimism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Victorian Pessimism, from Matthew Arnold’s poem Dover Beach to the malign universe of Thomas Hardy’s novels.
10 May 2007
Also featuring: Dinah Birch, Rosemary Ashton
Heritage
Melvyn Bragg discusses the interconnections between heritage culture and the study of history, and the role they have both played in the formation of the British national identity.
18 July 2002
Also featuring: David Cannadine, Miri Rubin
Englishness
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the characteristics of the English identity. What is Englishness and is it possible to define it in anything more than the loosest and baggiest terms?
20 April 2000
Also featuring: Paul Langford, Lola Young