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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg
English Journalist
Born: Oct 6, 1939
Arts Me People Think Time You
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I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge. Melvyn Bragg
You Doubt Frailty Out Brought About Fed Fed Up Share Understand Got Been Lot Up Just Being Acknowledge Which Certain Certain Things Awful Awful Lot Things Disregarded
I don't feel like I'm slowing down. Melvyn Bragg
Down Slowing Feel Like
My life is not very different from what it was 20 years ago. In fact, my career hasn't changed much since I was 22. Melvyn Bragg
Life My Life Changed Fact Since Years Years Ago Very Different In Fact Much Career
I'm not a fan of the working class being mocked, including by some of our famous writers - even those who came from it. Melvyn Bragg
Class Our Those Some Writers Came Mocked Being Famous Fan Working Working-Class Who Even Including
I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck. Melvyn Bragg
Day Every Day Luck Believe Every Programmes Almost Making Been Years Arts
I'll never forget my interview with Barry Humphries - one of the oddest I've ever done. He insisted that for half the time he appeared as Dame Edna. So I interviewed the real Barry Humphries in a suit and tie, and then I interviewed Edna in full fig in her dressing room, where she criticised Barry mercilessly. Melvyn Bragg
Time Half Interview Dressing Dressing Room Insisted Never He Never Forget Half The Time She Tie Real Forget Done Where Room Then Fig Full Barry Appeared Ever Her Dame Suit
I don't believe in a personal God, no. And I don't believe in resurrection as it is in the New Testament. Melvyn Bragg
God Believe Resurrection New Testament Personal New Testament
In a sense, Bond ousted the cowboy as the screen hero, and Ken Adams replaced the horse with technology. Melvyn Bragg
Technology Hero Sense Horse Cowboy Replaced Screen Ken Bond
Craig has explored the darker recesses of 007's psyche. He has shown us the lonely man. And he has shown him falling truly in love. Melvyn Bragg
Love Man Lonely Darker He Him Falling Truly Psyche Craig Us Explored Shown
It was my idea for high culture and popular culture to be treated equally. Melvyn Bragg
Culture High Idea Equally Popular Popular Culture Treated
Once, the arts were opera, ballet, classical music, and everything else deemed highbrow. Melvyn Bragg
Music Else Everything Once Everything Else Classical Classical Music Highbrow Opera Ballet Were Arts Deemed
The idea that popular arts were shallow by definition and the traditional arts were profound was dead, I thought, and I wanted to prove it. Melvyn Bragg
Thought Definition Shallow Idea Dead Prove Traditional Were Arts Wanted Popular Profound
I enjoy what was called 'swotting' in my day. Melvyn Bragg
Day Enjoy
I don't want closure, I don't know what that means or why you would want it. Melvyn Bragg
You Would Know Closure Want Means Why
It is in our culture that we don't want to admit that our culture is good. Melvyn Bragg
Good Culture Our Admit Want
Britain is undoubtedly becoming more cultural. No question of it. People who say it is dumbing down simply don't look around enough. They don't know enough. Melvyn Bragg
People Down Enough Say More No Question Simply Know Look Around Becoming Cultural Question Undoubtedly Who Britain
The driving force behind 'In Our Time' is that I want an education. I want to know more about science, say, and if I want to know, then other people probably do, too. Melvyn Bragg
Education Time Science People Too Other Our Say Our Time About More Driving Driving Force Know Force Behind Want Then
I don't go around thinking I'm attractive or not attractive. It has never occurred to me. People don't think like that where I come from... No one has ever said, 'Oh, he's a good-looking bloke.' They just didn't use those words about men. Melvyn Bragg
Me People Words Men Think Thinking Those About Never No-One He Good-Looking Come Like Attractive Around Said Occurred Go Bloke Oh Just Where Use Ever
I don't get nervous when I'm interviewing someone on film - it can be cut, and we can do it again. It is quite nerve-racking doing things live. Melvyn Bragg
Nervous Live Interviewing Nerve-Racking Someone Doing Get Quite Again Cut Film Things
My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it. Melvyn Bragg
You Memory Training Holding Seems No Reason Well Quite Holding On Reason Keep Why
Darwin talks about evolution, but he doesn't say how it started. Maybe the sense of mystery will dissolve in the face of science, but I am not so sure. We are all described by the human genome, but it's getting people nowhere. Melvyn Bragg
Science People Will Face Sense Dissolve Say Evolution About Darwin Mystery He Genome Sure Talks How Am Getting Human Maybe Nowhere Started
I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle. Melvyn Bragg
You Beatles Try Seriously Philharmonic Berlin Clapton Simon Rattle Take Make Eric Eric Clapton Going
We were working class, and you don't lose that. Later on, I bolted on media middle class... and now people like me are in the House of Lords. Melvyn Bragg
Me You Class People Lose Later Like House Lords Were Middle Middle Class Working Working-Class Media Now
I'm a class mongrel. Melvyn Bragg
Class Mongrel
I was born in a radio world, and I got so much from it. Melvyn Bragg
World Born Got Much Radio
The abolition of slavery was driven by the King James Bible. It gave slaves a common language and purpose. Melvyn Bragg
Bible Language King Gave Abolition Purpose Driven Common James Common Language Slavery Slaves
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