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Gore Vidal on the death of the American way

Melvyn Bragg — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:15:31 GMT

Melvyn Bragg talks to one of the great men of American letters about politics, literature and living as a legend.

Leader: Voices from the Great World

Melvyn Bragg — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:09:40 GMT

Cultural revelation

Melvyn Bragg — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:07:34 GMT

After 13 years of investment, the arts are no longer the privilege of a wealthy few. Labour should be proud.

Diary: Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT

Poetic licence and the new vice anglaise

The Booksmith: Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Taken from The New Statesman 8 April 1977 For more than 40 years, Melvyn Bragg has been a kind of Renaissance man of radio and television, conversant with science and philosophy, history and literature. In this affectionate and then anonymous profile of him, written for the New Statesman in 1977, Julian Barnes accurately predicted that Bragg would move on to a career in politics. Now a Labour peer, Bragg continues to thrive in the media, enthusiastically spreading culture to the masses. Selected by Robert Taylor

Luvvies, stop moaning

Melvyn Bragg — Mon, 24 May 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Middle-aged males who have done well out of subsidy want even more. But their apocalyptic imaginings of a world without culture do the arts no favours

A nail in the coffin of humanity. The genetic revolution is in its infancy but its effects will define the next century. So who will monitor the scientists? A humanist polemic warns of the dangers ahead

Melvyn Bragg — Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:00:00 GMT

Brave New Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience Bryan Appleyard HarperCollins, 188pp, �16.99