Hello, on In Our Time this week we will be discussing the door key. With me is Professor Smartfuck from Magdalen College, Oxford.
Keys first appear in the Hittite archives of Hattusa, later taking symbolic form in the Carolingian capitularies and the glosses of Alcuin.
Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year
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ALT Melvyn Bragg smiles to camera wearing a dark suit jacket, white shirt and blue/green patterned tie. He stands at a railway station on the platform.
Sep 4, 2025 · 8:05 AM UTC
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