This tag: Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time
Life and times of James VII & II Although his reign was one of the shortest in Britain James had a distinguished career before becoming king and an intriguing one in exile. A Catholic convert he was doomed to fail in Protestant Britain. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 10th March… Read more »
- Posted on: March 29, 2018
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, Catholic History, English Composer, European History, Glorious Revolution, Greenwich, Jacobites, James VII & II, King James II, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, Purcell, The Churchills, The Stuarts
This tag: Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time
Transition from Pagan to Christian This lecture was given as part of the Classics Day on Saturday 17th February 2018 at the British Museum and given jointly by lecturers from the museum, the City Lit and University College London. Using objects from the BM such as the Hinton St Mary mosaic, the Esquiline Treasure, the… Read more »
- Posted on: February 23, 2018
- Featured in History, History features
- Also tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, British Museum, City Lit Classics Day, European History, History of Christianity, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Transition from Pagan to Christian
This tag: Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time
Great Voyages from Greek and Roman Myths – Jason, Odysseus and Aeneas A detailed examination of the voyages and their fantastical encounters relating them to reality. This course was run at the National Maritime Museum on Sunday 28th January 2018. It was repeated at the City Lit on Saturday 18th January 2020 and then online… Read more »
- Posted on: January 22, 2018
- Featured in History, History features
- Also tagged Aeneas, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Rome, Argonauts, Circe, Dido, Greek Myths, Homer, Jason, Maritime Greenwich, Medea, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, National Maritime Museum, Odysseus, Polyphemus, Roman Myths, Scylla and Charybdis, Virgil