Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg, 79 years old, is an important and esteemed figure in Great Britain who, in 1998, was made a life peer in the UK allows him to sit in the House of Lords.
He is also a member of the British Academy, and of the Royal Society of Literature and is an Honorary Member of the   Royal Society.
But Melvyn Bragg is mostly known as an English broadcaster and author.
His work with ITV as the editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), and for the Radio 4 discussion series In Our Time then in 1998, above all made his fame.
According to the Guardian: “Lord Bragg's departure from ITV, and the end of The South Bank Show, is the end of an era for arts programming – and TV”
The broadcaster has not only become famous thanks to the Show but he has also became become an icon, a key figure for the British and  their culture.
A famous journalist from the well-known British “Guardian” wrote about him while talking about Brexit: “Britain's not all bad: it's still got Melvyn Bragg, Marmite and free museums.”
In addition to all this, Melvyn Bragg is also a prolific novelist: the author has written about a novel every eighteen months in a little over forty years. Although his novels are not what made him famous for the general public, they have been well received by the critics. The author has even won as many as seven literary awards in throughout his whole writing career. Amongst his many occupations, writing remains his favourite.
Regarding politics, the man has several friends from the Labour Party, including leaders Tony Blair, Neil Kinnock and Michael Foot, and former deputy leader Roy Hattersley.
At the time the party was leading the party under Blair he was one of the hundred who donated a sum in excess of £5000.
The next year, he was designated by Blair to sit in the Chamber of Lords. He became Baron Bragg (one of the number of Labour donors given peerage that year).
As far as Brexit is concerned, the famous broadcaster affirms it pretty clearly: he is against it. For him, leaving the EU would be a disaster for his country and the result of the referendum was a total shock for Baron Bragg. Since then, he has been wondering how to reverse this catastrophe. Ever since, he has also started to get as much information as he could on this major topic.
There are a few topics Bragg has stood for throughout his life, such as Christianity. Even if he describes himself as a non-believer, Bragg defends the King James Bible. He thinks that this Bible was an important source of knowledge and “brain strength” for the slaves before their freedom. Today, he thinks that the King James Bible is very important and he thinks that the Englishmen have forgotten this “great” book in favour of the Anglican Bible.
Another topic he had stood for is arts. For many, his whole career is an advocacy to the arts.
For that mains reasons, Baron Bragg is for many British, a key figure, an icon, an important part of the British culture.

SOURCES:
-https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/14/britains-not-all-bad-its-still-got-melvyn-bragg-marmite-and-free-museums 
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2009/may/06/melvyn-bragg-itv-retirement-profile
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103905/
- https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/melvyn-bragg
- https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/culture/arts/house/house-magazine/99876/melvyn-bragg-%E2%80%9Cbrexit-has-become-cult-its-bit-moonies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Bragg