How to Invent a Country
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Scandinavia - The Bridge
Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."
Ireland: Escalation
Declan Lawn talks to Micha Glenny about the differences between the north and the south and, in particular, the border.
Ireland: Plantation and Conflict
Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of war.
Ireland: Catholics and Protestants
Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops.
Britain: So Many Different Little Corners
The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?
Britain: Insecurity… From Dover to Dublin and Beyond
The Invention of Britain #3
Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
The Invention of Britain #2
Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
Britain: Anglocentrism… or Why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
Britain: Like Quicksand for the Uninitiated
The Invention of Britain #1- like quicksand for the uninitiated
What is Britain? Who are the Scots, the Welsh, the Irish, the English?
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #2
Are we Italian or not? With Leoluca Orlando, Lucy Riall, Tim Parks, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
Italy - Garibaldi's Grand Scheme #1
Back to Italy with guerrilla numero uno
The Alps - Did the English invent skiing?
Misha Glenny on the early alpine visitors who were either very ill, or very rich.
The Alps - and why Switzerland exists
Natural borders vs mountain borders
The Alps - an icy row of teeth
How the Alps divide Europe in two
France: Le Petit Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War
Le petit Napoleon
The Invention of France #3
France: Maximilien Robespierre
The Terror, the Terror
The Invention of France #2
Joan of Arc and England's role in defining France
The Invention of France #1
France: Joan of Arc
Brazil: Getulio Vargas and the USA
The Invention of Brazil #3
Getulio Vargas, inventor of Brazil?
Brazil: The British
The Invention of Brazil #2
Independence or death!
The Invention of Brazil #1
I came by boat
Brazil: The Portuguese
Spain: Episode 3
The Invention of Spain #3
A sense of disaster
The Invention of Spain #2
The heroic last stand
Spain: Episode 2
Spain: Episode 1
The Invention of Spain #1
What is Catalonia? What's Castille?
The Invention of Italy #3
Big appetite, bad teeth
Italy: Episode 3
The Invention of Italy #2
The man in the red cape
Italy: Episode 2
The Invention of Italy #1
A less than sturdy boot
Italy: Episode 1
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #3
The end of the dynasty
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #2
King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor - where did it all go wrong?
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Habsburgs #1
How did a small family from Switzerland become Europe's greatest dynasty?
The Netherlands - Why Belgium?
There is a faultline in Europe, from the North Sea to the Alps. Belgium sits halfway.
The Netherlands: Why Belgium?
The Netherlands - The Dutch Golden Age
How Amsterdam became one of the world's leading cities in a few short decades
The Netherlands: The Golden Age
The Netherlands: Orange Fever
The Netherlands - Orange Fever
How did a few boggy provinces become one of the trading heavyweights of the world?