Talk:Melvyn Bragg

message: both the "Credo" link and the "Laurence Olivier" links are links for those objects instead to the books that Melvyn Bragg wrote.  Is this correct?
Nope. I've changed them. Proteus (Talk) 17:19, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: When did he become Baron Bragg and not Lord Bragg??
:What the fuck are you talking about? People address him as Lord Bragg because he's a baron. 86.138.17.141 23:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Peerage

message: Are you sure it was Wadham? His newsleter said about his remembrance of his days at Christ Church when he skipped services..
: Pretty sure it's Wadham.--ukexpat 04:17, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wadham

message: A Computing Cluster (group of computers set aside for general use by students) is named after Lord Bragg at the University of Leeds. It is called the "Bragg Cluster".
:I always thought the Bragg Cluster was named after William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg.
::Yes, it won't be for Melvyn Bragg. See photo for evidence to corroborate Leeds's commemoration of William Henry Bragg. 79.64.227.68 (talk) 16:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Computing cluster

message: I was mildly surprised to hear on the radio the other day that the first cited use of the word "prat" was by Melvyn Bragg. Can anyone with access to the OED confirm this and find out the year and the context? 86.138.17.141 11:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Bragg is quoted in the OED for a 1973 work, however there are earlier references for the usage given 192.122.171.25 (talk) 06:06, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Prat

message: Is this the same guy made fun of here?--Editor510 drop us a line, mate 19:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, that's him! We also have an article TV Offal, the programme in which he was mocked. 79.64.227.68 (talk) 15:44, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

text: Alma Matter ? Do you mean Alma Mater? Or the wife of Gustave Mahler? 2001:44B8:3102:BB00:69CB:1E2B:3B63:E1B9 (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Same guy? 

message: The vanity of public figures seems to make it acceptable for them to rely on images that are obviously from years earlier so the current photo, dated "1990's" may be from 40 years ago, but even 20 seems outdated. Is there nothing more recent available?--174.7.56.10 (talk) 21:32, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You can say that again. Bragg is appropriately named. 2A00:23C6:BA13:4801:F181:5819:1475:C641 (talk) 04:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time for a photo update? 

message: Is the comparative age of Marie-Elisabeth Roche relevant? I'm not really interested in setting any wagers, on how a different hypothetical age might be viewed. But to me it's just a fact and I see no good reason to exclude it (although I must admit the source on which it seems to be based could be much improved). Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:59, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Would one have even noted the age difference if she were the younger party? Are there many Wikipedia articles that point out that a man's wife is five years younger than he? If the answer to either or both of these questions is "no," I can see no good reason why it should be noteworthy the other way around. PaulCHebert (talk) 18:35, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marie-Elisabeth Roche's age 

message: As Bragg is 80 today, how come the automatic software still shows his age to be 79? 
I write from the UK, btw, which is where he lives, just in case people think this is something to do with the international date line.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.31.147 (talk) 14:29, 6 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  80th birthday?.