<p>While you wait for the new season of In Our Time with Misha Glenny, we’re introducing you to The Global Story, a new daily podcast from the BBC.
In this episode, writer and voracious reader James Marriott discusses the so-called 'death of reading'. He argues that we may be entering a post literate age – shaped by addictive screen culture, fragmented atte ... Show More
Jan 22
Melvyn Bragg meets Misha Glenny
Before Misha Glenny's first edition on 15th January, BBC Radio 4's flagship news programme Today has brought Melvyn Bragg and Misha Glenny together so they can share their ideas about In Our Time's success and discuss what, if anything, will change with Misha. While Justin Webb c ... Show More
16m 9s
Aug 2025
Molière: Satire, Scandal & the Stage
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Professor Jan Clarke to explore the life, legend, and legacy of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin — better known as Molière. From his audacious rejection of bourgeois expectations to his controversial plays that rattled the Catholic Church and deligh ... Show More
49m 38s
Jun 2024
Christopher Marlowe (with Will Tosh)
<p>Today's special guest is Will Tosh, Head of Research at Shakespeare's Globe, London, and the author of a new book, “Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare.” Having answered the obvious question in the prologue, the book becomes a sort of emotional biograp ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2024
490. Hundred Years' War: England Triumphant (Part 4)
St Crispin’s day, 1415: Henry V stands victorious, after a tremendous defeat of the French forces at the Battle of Agincourt. He is just about to make a historic speech which will be retold by Shakespeare nearly two centuries later. There are mounds of bodies, too many dead for t ... Show More
55m 6s
Apr 2025
Conférence - David Bell : Vers une nouvelle histoire des Lumières : La revanche des souverains
Antoine LiltiCollège de FranceHistoire des Lumières, XVIIIe-XXIe siècleAnnée 2024-2025Conférence - David Bell : Vers une nouvelle histoire des Lumières : La revanche des souverainsIntervenant : David BellProfesseur, Université de Princeton, département HistoireRésuméCette dernièr ... Show More
52m 17s
May 2022
La Princesse de Montpensier - Madame de Lafayette
Amoureuse du duc de Guise depuis l'enfance, la très belle mademoiselle de Mézières consent à épouser le prince de Montpensier. À cause de la guerre, ce dernier est retenu Paris... La princesse l'attend au château de Champigny, en l'agréable compagnie du comte de Chabanes. "La Pri ... Show More
14m 17s