I wanted 'The South Bank Show' to reflect my own life and that of the team around me; to stretch the accepted… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
To hear the Treorchy Male Choir in full throat is one of the great joys of choral music. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
In music, the Specials brought a city, Coventry, bombed out for a second time and riven with racism, to a celebration between… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
We listened to a lot of drama, adaptations of books, comedy. There was a real love of music expressed in choirs, because… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
Once, the arts were opera, ballet, classical music, and everything else deemed highbrow. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
The success of the arts has come through a mix of public subsidy, substantial private support, and good box-office receipts, but central to Labour's… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
“We shall fight on the beaches,” said Churchill in 1940, “we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to get enough books, don't you find? But where are we without them? Just words on the wind... Not words on… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
As the 20th century unspooled, a cultural warming melted down many frozen class characteristics. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
When anybody tells you something about writing, somebody will tell you something completely different and they will also be right — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
I'll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries - one of the oddest I've ever done. He insisted that for half the time he… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
