How to Invent a Country
BBC Radio 4
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 17, 2021 • 29min
The Birth of Bangladesh
Bangladesh was born in 1971.
Nov 24, 2020 • 30min
Scandinavia - the narcissism of small differences
Ep3 Norway and fish, followed by oil
Nov 17, 2020 • 33min
Scandinavia - The Viking Inheritance
The Swedish Baltic Empire ... why it's not all Abba and social democracy with the Swedes
Nov 10, 2020 • 36min
Scandinavia - The Bridge
Ep 1 "Danes talk about Swedes all the time. Swedes don't talk about Danes so much."
Oct 1, 2019 • 17min
Ireland - escalation!
"The thing about the border - we've lived it. It doesn't feel like history to us."
Sep 19, 2019 • 18min
Ireland - plantation and conflict
Dr Joan Redmond talks to Misha Glenny about Ireland, England and the early seeds of war
Sep 9, 2019 • 25min
Ireland - we used the word pagan as kids!
Fintan O'Toole talks to Misha Glenny about Catholics, Protestants, and Top of the Pops
Mar 17, 2019 • 34min
The Invention of Britain #4 - so many different little corners!
Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales - why all these borders, and what do they mean?
Mar 10, 2019 • 31min
The Invention of Britain #3
Insecurity - from Dover to Dublin, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
Mar 4, 2019 • 31min
The Invention of Britain #2
Anglocentrism .... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
