Melvyn Bragg

Diary

27 May 2023 9:00 am

How McCartney and I helped put pop on the map

25 June 2022 9:00 am

In 1977, when I set up the South Bank Show for ITV, I wanted Paul McCartney to be on the…

My lockdown achievement? Getting shingles

23 May 2020 9:00 am

The choir of Notre Dame made a recording of Howard Goodall’s beautiful version of Psalm 23. Unlike cathedral choirs here…

Melvyn Bragg’s Diary: a tooth and claw fight on Hampstead Heath

18 July 2015 9:00 am

I witnessed what was almost a violent fight to the death on Hampstead Heath the other morning. Broad flawless sunlight,…

Melvyn Bragg's notebook: I found hell on Regent Street

14 December 2013 9:00 am

John Lloyd, producer of Blackadder, Spitting Image, QI etc, has boldly picked up where he left off at Cambridge more…