Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Former director of MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, tells Matthew Parris why she regards Abraham Lincol
Musician and performer Nitin Sawhney champions the life of Jeff Buckley who he regards as a genius s
Biographical series in which guests select someone who has inspired their lives.Comedian Susan Calma
In this episode, you might not know the name of the Great Life but you have probably walked past his
Matthew Parris's guest this week is the epidemiologst Precious Lunga, who nominates for Great Life s
Alvin Hall is the friendly face of financial reality, lecturing, writing and broadcasting on the sub
Matthew Parris invites fashion designer Roger Saul, who created the Mulberry brand, to nominate a gr
Harold 'Dickie' Bird, now retired but one of our best known cricket umpires champions the life of Si
Toyah Willcox chooses the actress and Hollywood legend, Katharine Hepburn.Dubbed an 'oddity' and 'bo
This week's Great Life might have become an Afrikaner Nationalist Prime Minister of apartheid South
Hannah Rothschild champions the life of the jazz musician Thelonious Monk. Brilliant, eccentric and
Sir Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, adventurer, soldier, author, poet, sexologist and transl
George Washington Williams was an incredibly early, mould-breaking, self-made black intellectual who
Matthew Parris meets the former leader of the Conservative Party Michael Howard to discuss the life
Matthew Parris's guest is Vicky Pryce, the Greek born economist, who attracted media headlines on he
On May 29 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest. Both men immediatel
Val McDermid thinks crime writing is most definitely a suitable job for a woman. She believes women
Matthew Parris hears why David Blunkett has chosen Louis Braille, the 18th century French boy who bl
Matthew Parris meets the American Ambassador Matthew Barzun whose choice of great life is his wartim
Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the 20th century? Film critic Antonia Quirke definitely thinks he
