The Forum Episodes Available now
Picasso, artist of reinvention
How an artist changed our way of seeing
Tolstoy: War and Peace
An epic sweep of war and love and family life set in 19th century Russia
Chaucer, father of English poetry
The man who in the 14th Century made English a language fit for literature
Up close with tango
The dance that seduced the world
Valkyries: Fierce women of war
Choosing dead heroes from the battlefield, to fight with Odin in the apocalyptic Ragnarok
Silk routes: 2000 years of trading
Luxuries and everyday goods that travelled West and East
Bertha von Suttner: A champion of peace
The writer who became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Joan of Arc: Making a martyr
How a teenager fought to save France
Babylon, city of wonders
From The Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens to why there are 60 minutes in an hour
Aesop and the Fables
A black slave wrote 700 animal tales in Ancient Greece. Why are they still best sellers?
