Melvyn Bragg on learning to read, comics, Chekhov, solitude and more.

Рет қаралды 10,327

8 жыл бұрын

Melvyn Bragg talks about his earliest memories of books, growing up in the 1940s, how he become obsessed with reading, Chekhov, Shakespeare, P. G. Wodehouse, experience, solitude and more.
Bragg is one of many contributors to The Pleasure of Reading, published in aid of the literacy charity Give a Book. Other contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, A. S. Byatt, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Gray, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Jeanette Winterson, Emily Berry, Kamila Shamsie, Rory Stewart, Katie Waldegrave and Tom Wells. Order your copy:
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk...
Find out more about Give a Book: www.giveabook..org.uk
ABOUT THE LONDON REVIEW BOOKSHOP
Located in the heart of Bloomsbury, just a Rosetta Stone’s throw from the British Museum, the London Review Bookshop has established itself as an essential part of the capital’s cultural life. Opened in 2003 by the London Review of Books, it’s a place for people who love books to meet, talk, drink excellent tea and coffee, consume delicious cake, and of course, browse.
Our selection of more than 20,000 titles ranges from the classics of world literature to the cutting edge of contemporary fiction and poetry, not forgetting a copious display of history, politics, philosophy, cookery, essays and children’s books. And our lovely shop, designed by Amanda Culpin of utility provides the perfect setting in which to explore them all.
THE CAKE SHOP
Surrounded by books and fragrant with tea, the London Review Cake Shop is the modern answer to London’s long-lost literary coffee-houses. Accessed through the Bookshop via a corridor in the history section, the Cake Shop offers a small but vibrant menu, a wide selection of fine teas and a superior espresso. Above all, it provides a haven for reading and reflection.
The London Review Bookshop and Cake Shop are open Monday- Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6.30 p.m. The Bookshop is also open on Sunday, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL. Tel. 020 7269 9045.

Пікірлер: 9

@joshuataylor6087 7 жыл бұрын

Melvyn Bragg is an international treasure. I've learnt more about the world and life from him than I did at university.

@Corinthian44 3 жыл бұрын

One of the few really deserving peerage recipients , a brilliant , enthusiastic , even in old age , in just about everything !

@shmookins 4 жыл бұрын

Well, hello there, Mr. Bragg. I only know this person from the wonderful, wonderful 'In Our Time' podcast. After listening to almost the entire catalogue, I was curious who Melvyn, the host, was. The guests on the podcast have very impressive degrees and jobs, and now I learn even the host is impressive as well- being the chancellor of the University of Leeds. Wow.

@enjoyyoursleep1 Ай бұрын

I'd love to see Melvyn Bragg sit down again with Tom Jones, what would be 24 years since the Southbank show special about Tom Jones life and career.

@johnsimpsonkirkpatrickhist1372 8 жыл бұрын

A very interesting and entertaining video.

@RS-kt6is 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say I don't buy anything this person's podcast sells. As a self-viewed intelectual, I tried to follow a few of the podcasts and I found them bungling, disparate, unable to give the listener the greater picture, it also had guests contradicting each other in a very pleasant, British way, leaving the listener in complete shambles..... And mostly it's probably due to the host, which is this guy. Yeah, I didn't buy it. and yeah, no one in England speaks like that anymore, or very few. It's incredible to me he got to interview people like Jared Diamond or Yuval Noah Harari and managed to come out with NOTHING out of those talks.

@jimnewcombe7584 3 жыл бұрын

I've never even heard of Jared Diamond or Yuval Noah Harari, and I'm guessing they're nothing compared to some of the people who have been covered in these programmes. I've loved the series - is contradiction a British thing? you must let me know what harmonized part of the planet you reside in. Also, no intellectual should call themselves a "self-viewed intellectual! - it's like when people say they're deep or beautiful, which never needs to be said by those who actually are.

@jedtattum9996 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimnewcombe7584 jared diamond wrote a book called the world until yesterday... it's worth reading

@jedtattum9996 2 жыл бұрын

you can't even spell intellectual