Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
For many piano music lovers, Dinu Lipatti [1917-1950], the Romanian concert pianist, stands head and
Actor Sir Ben Kingsley tells Matthew Parris why he regards Elie Wiesel as his great life. A writer,
Comedian and writer Lucy Porter champions Cary Grant as her Great Life finding that, despite his tro
Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji, the 'Grand Old Man of India' who in 1892 became Britai
The writer and critic AA Gill nominates Neville Chamberlain as his great life. But his choice is som
Eliza Carthy chooses the life of 19th-century poet and campaigner Caroline Norton to discuss with Ma
Actress and writer Maureen Lipman chooses the end-of-life care campaigner, Dame Cicely Saunders. Dam
Marshall Rosenberg was the stern-faced creator of nonviolent communication, a man who spent his life
Sometime around midnight of September 17 1961, a plane approached an airstrip near Ndola in what was
Comedian Sara Pascoe champions the life of Virginia Woolf, author of 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'A Room of O
Alex Salmond chooses Thomas Muir for Great Lives, whom he describes as the Father of Scottish Democr
A singer, comedian, music hall and film star from Rochdale, Gracie Fields was the nation’s darling.
Frank Turner chooses Joseph Grimaldi, the first celebrity of Pantomime who changed the face of Clown
George Fox, born in 1624 in Leicestershire, is best known as the founder of the Quakers. In early li
Gordon Hamilton-Fairley was a brilliant cancer specialist, the father of oncology in the UK. Then in
Richard the Lionheart has been portrayed on screen by Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins and Patrick Stew
Lt-Gen Sir Graeme Lamb, former head of British special forces, champions the life of wartime spy Chr
She was known as 'the grand old lady of Indian cinema' who starred in many Bollywood films famous in
To his followers Lenny Bruce was a genius and a free speech hero. To his detractors he was labelled
Nancy Dell'Olio champions Lucrezia Borgia, a Renaissance woman who was much maligned.Lucrezia Borgia
