Melvyn Bragg has written several works of non-fiction (as well as his bestselling novels) ON GIANTS SHOULDERS, based on his BBC radio series, 12 BOOKS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, and THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH. He was born in 1939 and educated at Wigton's Nelson Tomlinson School and at Oxford where he read history. He is controller of Specialist Factual & Arts at ITV and President of the National Campaign for the Arts, and in 1998 he was made a life peer. He lives in London and Cumbria.
These transcripts select a treasure-trove of discussions from a decade of the Radio 4 jewel. - the Independentthere's no doubt that his broadcasting has provided an increasingly rare and valuable service in our anti-intellectual culture by supplying spaces to think. In Our Time is by far the best example of his contribution. - GuardianMelvyn Bragg's matchless colloquies on Radio 4 - Stephen FryThe best programme coming out of the entire corporation these days - David Sexton, Sunday TelegraphMelvyn Bragg's consistently superb In Our Time - John BanvilleWhat might be the best radio programme ever - Oliver Burkeman, GuardianBragg's excellent radio programmes on the subject ....are the basis of this history of English over the past 1,500 years. - Guardian on The Adventure of EnglishAlways readable, often thought-provoking, and consistently entertaining. - Independent on The Adventure of English
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