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Thomas More's Utopia

How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.

Misha Glenny selects a classic episode from the archive on how humans have measured time.

Misha Glenny picks a classic In Our Time episode: the Trinity, a key Christian doctrine.

Misha Glenny picks a classic In Our Time episode: one of the greatest works of philosophy

The surprising history of how women’s pockets fell in and out of fashion over time.

Misha Glenny picks a classic In Our Time episode: China’s powerful Empress Dowager Cixi.

Misha Glenny’s choice from In Our Time’s archive:the theory the Earth’s surface is moving

Misha Glenny picks an episode from In Our Time’s archive: the female pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Misha Glenny picks a classic episode from the In Our Time archive: the history of coffee

Misha Glenny introduces a classic In Our Time episode: the playwright and spy Aphra Behn.