Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
The Third Man, Brighton Rock, Travels With My Aunt - the books of Graham Greene all still have a def
Matthew Parris is joined by Diane Abbott MP and biographer and critic Michael Billington to explore
It was the fight of the century, July 4th 1910, when Tim Jeffries, the so-called Great White Hope, w
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired
Writer Lynne Truss chooses the creator of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll. Famous for the Alice b
Kathleen Ferrier was a British contralto singer who died in 1953 from breast cancer. Her professiona
Actress Diana Quick tells Matthew Parris why she believes that existentialist philosopher Simone de
The conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses the great American composer Leonard Bernstein, music directo
Playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah is a passionate advocate of Marcus Garvey, the inspirational black leade
The writer Katharine Whitehorn chooses Mary Stott, the great campaigning journalist and the first ed
Gertrude Bell was a British woman who arguably founded the modern state of Iraq. Explorer, mountaine
In his time, Aneurin Bevan was, according to one biographer, "the most colourful and controversial,
Lionel Blair chooses his friend and dancing partner Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy described himself as a 'on
Business guru Sir Gerry Robinson was born in Ireland but moved to England in his teens, and he choos
DH Lawrence was, in the words of Geoff Dyer, a man with thin wrists and thick trousers. He was also
Matthew Parris presents the life of the great rock and roll swindler, Malcolm McLaren, who died earl
Gerald Scarfe, merciless cartoon satirist of political figures, chooses an icon who created icons: W
Michel de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance. He is known f
Winston Churchill's is the Great Life chosen by Lord Digby Jones, former Director General of the CBI
