Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRSL, FRTS (born 6 October 1939) is an English author, broadcaster and media personality who, aside from his many literary endeavours, is perhaps most recognised for his work on The South Bank Show.
Bragg was born in Wigton, the son of Mary Ethel (Park), a tailoress, and Stanley Bragg, a stock keeper turned machinist. He attended the Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton and then read Modern History at Wadham College, Oxfo...
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Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, FRSL, FRTS (born 6 October 1939) is an English author, broadcaster and media personality who, aside from his many literary endeavours, is perhaps most recognised for his work on The South Bank Show.
Bragg was born in Wigton, the son of Mary Ethel (Park), a tailoress, and Stanley Bragg, a stock keeper turned machinist. He attended the Nelson Thomlinson School in Wigton and then read Modern History at Wadham College, Oxford, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Bragg says that he has suffered two nervous breakdowns in his life, one in his teens, and another in his 30s.
Bragg married his first wife, Lisa Roche, when he was 21, and they had one child. He did not know that she had a history of suicide attempts; 10 years later, she killed herself after he left her for another woman. "I could have done things which helped and I did things which harmed," he told The Guardian in 1998. "So yes, I feel guilt, I feel remorse."
Bragg's second wife, Cate (Catherine) Haste,...
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