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Molly Burkett, Sir James Munby, Edith Flanigen, Aldrich Ames
Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a judge, a chemist and a spy.

Claudette Colvin, Ian Balding, Gerry Gable, Bob Weir, Juliet Robertson
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a racehorse trainer, an activist and an educationalist.

Molly Parkin, Kristina Gjerde, Michael Barton, Eva Schloss
Matthew Bannister on an artist, an activist, a BBC executive and a holocaust survivor.

Brigitte Bardot, Sir Alec Reed, Alwyn Crawshaw, Dame Shân Legge-Bourke
Jon Kay on an actor, a businessman, an artist, a landowner

Antony Price, Sister Stan Kennedy, Ena Collymore Woodstock, John Carey
Jon Kay on a fashion designer, a nun, a barrister, a literary critic

Rob Reiner, Joanna Trollope, Stanley Baxter, Sophie Kinsella
Matthew Bannister on a film-maker, a comedian and two authors.

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Vera Weisfeld, Frank Gehry, Martin Parr
Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a businesswoman, an architect and a photographer.

Sir Tom Stoppard, Pam Hogg, Yanxin He, Jack Shepherd
Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a designer, a language speaker and an actor.

Jimmy Cliff, Charlotte Bingham, Skye Gyngell, David Bellos
Kirsty Lang on a musician, a writer, a chef and a translator.

Baroness Newlove, Zoe Wicomb, Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, Professor Roland Paxton
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an author, a lawyer and a civil engineer.