Misha Glenny, the award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author, will become the new presenter of In Our Time when the series resumes next month, BBC Radio 4 has announced.

He takes over from Melvyn Bragg , who stepped down in September after more than 27 years and 1,000 episodes at the helm of the show, which offers an insight into humanity’s cultural achievements.

As part of the handover, Glenny will join Bragg for a conversation during the latter’s guest-edited edition of the Today programme on 24 December, where they will reflect on the legacy of the programme and its future.

In Our Time began in 1998 and it has held discussions on history, philosophy, science and culture with leading academics and thinkers on topics from Thomas Hardy’s poetry to theories about dinosaur feathe

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