How to Invent a Country
A podcast by BBC Radio 4
61 Episodes
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The Birth of Bangladesh
Published: 17/05/2021 -
Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences
Published: 24/11/2020 -
Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance
Published: 17/11/2020 -
Scandinavia - The Bridge
Published: 10/11/2020 -
Ireland - escalation!
Published: 1/10/2019 -
Ireland - plantation and conflict
Published: 19/09/2019 -
Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!
Published: 9/09/2019 -
The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
Published: 17/03/2019 -
The Invention of Britain #3
Published: 10/03/2019 -
The Invention of Britain #2
Published: 4/03/2019 -
The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated
Published: 24/02/2019 -
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2
Published: 7/01/2019 -
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1
Published: 7/01/2019 -
The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
Published: 20/12/2018 -
The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
Published: 4/12/2018 -
The Alps - an icy row of teeth
Published: 24/11/2018 -
Le petit Napoleon
Published: 15/11/2018 -
The Terror, the Terror
Published: 6/11/2018 -
Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
Published: 18/10/2018 -
The Invention of Brazil #3
Published: 3/10/2018
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.