BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time

Islamic Law and its Origins

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the origins of Islamic law.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the church's most significant doctrinal disputes.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Bhagavad Gita, a key text of Hinduism.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the dawn of the Iron Age.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the medieval universities.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the age of the Universe.