How McCartney and I helped put pop on the map
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
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
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
John Lloyd, producer of Blackadder, Spitting Image, QI etc, has boldly picked up where he left off at Cambridge more…