‘Irresistible’
THE TIMES
‘Deeply touching’
DAILY MAIL
In 1958, eighteen-year-old Melvyn Bragg left his hometown of Wigton to travel south for a scholarship at the University of Oxford. There, between lectures, parties and protests, he made new friends from all walks of life, while never forgetting those at home.
Amidst the golden, dreaming spires, he studied History as the world changed around him. Knowledge, love and possibility unfurled over these formative years.
Alive with insight and tenderness, Another World beautifully captures a decisive step in a remarkable life.
‘Thoughtful, open and generous’
GUARDIAN
‘Poignant and lyrical’
SPECTATOR
THE TIMES
‘Deeply touching’
DAILY MAIL
In 1958, eighteen-year-old Melvyn Bragg left his hometown of Wigton to travel south for a scholarship at the University of Oxford. There, between lectures, parties and protests, he made new friends from all walks of life, while never forgetting those at home.
Amidst the golden, dreaming spires, he studied History as the world changed around him. Knowledge, love and possibility unfurled over these formative years.
Alive with insight and tenderness, Another World beautifully captures a decisive step in a remarkable life.
‘Thoughtful, open and generous’
GUARDIAN
‘Poignant and lyrical’
SPECTATOR
Reviews
A poignant read about awakening ambition
Attractively maps out the stage in his odyssey between humble pub and broadcasting glory
The young Bragg is a winning protagonist, who presents much like his older self: thoughtful, open and generous in celebrating his contemporaries' talents, while forgiving their foibles
One of the joys of Back in the Day that continues in Another World is the peopling of people, just as you might expect of a seasoned storyteller, observing and deepening the backgrounds of names and faces surrounding Melvyn . . . moving back and forth between a world in flux, and a self in flux, the book is impressive as it recalls both painful and pleasurable memories. Self-reflection is handled skilfully through a mix of personal commentary and recreated dialogue. The feeling of time passing over these Oxford years, of friendships solidified, and the evolution of Melvyn's own relationship with his parents and with his Cumbrian background, all makes for immensely enjoyable reading
Bragg excels at capturing the weightlessness of university years
I tore through it
For the reader, it is all rather irresistible . . . the book ripples with warmth and self-mockery . . . Bragg writes beautifully about his uncomplicated, loving male friendships
Wonderfully meditative
Poignant and lyrical
A relaxed, engaging reading experience that carries us along as the author, now smiling ruefully at his younger self, tells a tale of good fortune cheerfully borne
Delightful . . . deeply touching . . . evocative
There are first loves, heartbreaks and moments of real poignancy. Mesmerising
Moving and evocative