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    Sir Oliver Popplewell, Lynn Conway, Tony Bramwell, Francoise Hardy

    Kirsty Lang on a judge, a computer pioneer, a music producer and a singer.

  2. Michael Mosley, Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Nonny Hogrogian, Ron Ayers

    Kirsty Lang on a broadcaster, a nurse, an illustrator and an aerodynamicist.

  3. Nora CortiΓ±as, Belinda Belville, John Burnside, Roger Corman

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a designer, a poet and a film director.

  4. Richard M Sherman, Professor Wendy James CBE , Morgan Spurlock, June Mendoza OBE

    Matthew Bannister on a songwriter, an artist, a film-maker and an anthropologist.

  5. Sir Tony O'Reilly, President Ebrahim Raisi, Penny Simkin, Professor Alasdair Geddes

    Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a president, a doula and an infectious diseases expert

  6. Dame Shirley Conran, Doreen Massey, Beverley LaHaye, Steve Albini

    Matthew Bannister on a writer, an educator, a campaigner and a musician.

  7. Anne Dagg, Ross Anderson, Cecil Murray, Kris Hallenga

    Matthew Bannister on a biologist, a computer scientist, a pastor and a campaigner.

  8. C.J.Sansom, Olga FikotovΓ΅-Connolly, Dr Jenny Vaughan OBE, Sir Andrew Davis

    Matthew Bannister on an author, a campaigner, an Olympic medallist and a conductor.

  9. Terry Anderson, Trina Robbins, Lord Field, Ann Trevenen Jenkin

    Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a politician, as cartoonist and a bard.

  10. Sir Paul Fox, Lynne Reid Banks, Joan Hills, Amnon Weinstein

    Matthew Bannister on a TV executive, an author, an artist, a luthier

  11. Peter Higgs, Trevor Griffiths, Hella Pick, Margaret Tynes

    Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a playwright, a journalist and a singer.

  12. Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow

    Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.

  13. Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green

    John Wilson on a campaigner, a chess champion, an IRA member and a music producer.

  14. Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello

    Matthew Bannister on a music promoter, a lawyer, a businesswoman and an artist.

  15. Audrey Adams, Nicola Trahan, Edward Bond, Eric Carmen

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a resistance fighter, a playwright and a musician.

  16. Iris Apfel, Colin Murray Parkes, Baroness Henig, Jim Lawrence

    Matthew Bannister on a designer, a psychiatrist, a politician and a sail maker.

  17. Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan

    John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer.

  18. Alexei Navalny, Dr Brooke Ellison, Gertrude Wright, Steve Brown

    John Wilson on a politician, an academic, a translator and a composer.

  19. Steve Wright, Baroness Flather, Alan Mills, Angela Peberdy

    Matthew Bannister on a radio DJ, a politician, a referee and an announcer.

  20. Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, Ian Lavender, Robie Harris, Barry John

    Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an actor, an author and a rugby player.

  21. Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard

    Matthew Bannister on a music producer, a medical journalist, a typographer, a cricketer.

  22. Norma Barzman, Lord Saye and Sele, Jim Hobson, Susan Campbell

    Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an aristocrat, a police officer and an illustrator.

  23. Annie Nightingale, Isca Salzberger-Wittenberg, Bryan Ansell, Charlie Allan

    Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a psychoanalyst, a games developer and a farmer.

  24. Camila Batmanghelidjh, Sir Roy Calne, Glynis Johns, J.P.R. Williams

    Matthew Bannister on a charity founder, a surgeon, an actor, a rugby player

  25. John Pilger, KM Peyton, Paula Murphy, Michael Blakemore

    Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a racing driver and a director.

  26. Jacques Delors, Nancy Pearce, Elinor Otto, Tony Allen

    Kirsty Lang on a politician, a factory worker, a charity founder, a comedian

  27. Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro

    Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.

  28. Benjamin Zephaniah, Laura Lean, Stacy Marking, Eric Freeman

    Matthew Bannister on a poet, a FANY officer, a documentary maker and a farmer.

  29. Shane MacGowan, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Lord Darling, Joan Jara

    Matthew Bannister on a singer, a judge, a politician and a campaigner.

  30. Henry Kissinger, Terry Venables, Paul Watson, Rachel Heller

    Matthew Bannister on a US diplomat, a football manager, a documentary maker and an artist.

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