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Jul 24, 2024 · Melvyn Bragg has called his latest programme Art Matters (Sky Arts), because it matters to the life of this country and it matters to him. He spent close to 50 years championing culture as host...
Aug 14, 2024 · The Debussy Film: Impressions of the French Composer (also known simply as The Debussy Film) is a 1965 British television documentary film directed by Ken Russell, and co-written by Melvyn Bragg. Produced for the BBC's Monitor, it was the first of five collaborations between director Russell and star Oliver Reed.
1 day ago · As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [ 1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [ 2]
Aug 6, 2024 · Melvyn Bragg is a good novelist but his narrative is clogged by heavy phrasing, especially when trying to report the self-communication of his characters. When he tells what they said, what...
Aug 15, 2024 · Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the astonishing work of Michelangelo (1477-1564) in this great chapel in the Vatican, firstly the ceiling with images from Genesis (of which the image above is a detail) and later The Last Judgement on the altar wall.
Aug 15, 2024 · Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in 1871 in Algeria against French rule, spreading over hundreds of miles and countless towns and villages before being brutally suppressed.
Aug 13, 2024 · Melvyn Bragg, said of the work of Norman Cornish: "Where is this community which was the engine of the greatest revolution in the world - the Industrial Revolution? These are the men who made the real British Empire in steam and engineering and shipbuilding, and fed it with a vital power of coal.
