Quiz: In Our Time in 2015
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Thucydides
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
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Tagore
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Beowulf
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss one of the masterpieces of Anglo-Saxon literature.
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Dark Matter
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the mysterious and invisible substance which is believed to make up most of the Universe.
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The California Gold Rush
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.
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Fanny Burney
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the 18th-century novelist, playwright and diarist.
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The Science of Glass
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the puzzling science of glass.
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The Eunuch
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and significance of eunuchs.
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Utilitarianism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the a moral theory of utilitarianism.
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Extremophiles
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the organisms thriving in very harsh conditions on Earth.
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Frida Kahlo
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work, life and times of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
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Simone de Beauvoir
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.