I'm a fan of Melvyn Bragg's radio 4 programme, In Our Time. but I haven't listened to it for some considerable time.
Yesterday I tuned into it while driving - it was a programme on Pericles - and thought for a minute that Bragg was away and another presenter had taken over for the week - he sounded like an old man; his voice has become reedy and raised by an octave. Just listen to the broadcast on the BBC Sounds app and see if you don't reach the same conclusion. He also sounded quite cantankerous and impatient at one stage.
I always thought Bragg was around 10 years older than me, but I looked him up on Wikipedia and discovered he is an old man now - he's 80.
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