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Professor Peter Hennessy is one of the UK’s leading contemporary historians. He has written acclaim
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Robert Webb first reached a wide audience as the co-star of Channel 4’s longest running sitcom, the
In 2022 Sonia Boyce became the first Black British woman to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale
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Corinne Le Quéré is the Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University
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Gabby Logan presents a range of popular BBC sports programmes and hosts high-profile sporting events
Sir Malcolm Walker is the chairman and co-founder of the frozen food supermarket chain Iceland. He w
Kirsty Young was the award-winning presenter of Desert Island Discs between 2006 and 2018, interview
Cate Blanchett is arguably the most celebrated Australian actor ever, winning two Academy Awards, th
Edward Enninful is the editor-in-chief of British Vogue and the editorial director of Vogue in Europ
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director whose debut film, Strictly Ballroom, became one of Australia’
Steven Spielberg is the most successful director of his generation and the highest-grossing director
Barry Hearn is a promoter who has been at the forefront of some of the biggest snooker, boxing and d
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Richard E Grant was born in Swaziland, now Eswatini, one of the smallest countries in Africa, and to
