Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Valery Rees

Renaissance scholar and senior member of the Language Department at the School of Economic Science

4 episodes

Covers topics in categories such as:

  1. Heaven

    Melvyn Bragg discusses heaven and the afterlife, from Ancient Egypt, Zoroastrianism and Judaism through to Christianity, the arch promoter of heaven.

    22 December 2005

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    Also featuring: Martin Palmer, John Carey

     
  2. Angels

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the heavenly host of Angels, so popular with so many believers and so problematic for philosophers and theologians.

    24 March 2005

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    Also featuring: Martin Palmer, John Haldane

     
  3. Renaissance Magic

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the Renaissance obsession with Magic, including the serious and religious study of the 'hermetic texts' and the cabbala.

    17 June 2004

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    Also featuring: Peter Forshaw, Jonathan Sawday