IN HIS essays on “Culture and Anarchy”, Matthew Arnold argued that the only thing which could prevent industrial societies from disintegrating into warring tribes was high culture. High culture pulls ...
Veteran presenter Melvyn Bragg has decided to step down from hosting the BBC Radio 4 series In Our Time after hosting more than 1,000 episodes. Lord Bragg, 85, has presented the programme since it ...
The veteran presenter, 81, has hosted every episode of the programme since it first launched in 1998, taking listeners through conversations with expert guests to explore characters, events and ...
Lord Melvyn Bragg will rejoin the BBC in 2011 to front two new documentaries following the end of his long-running ITV1 arts programme The South Bank Show. In his first major TV work for the ...