BBC Radio Podcasts from Last Word
Terry Anderson, Trina Robbins, Lord Field, Ann Trevenen Jenkin
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a politician, as cartoonist and a bard.
“I was born while my father was a hostage”
Sulome Anderson remembers her father, journalist Terry Anderson
Sir Paul Fox, Lynne Reid Banks, Joan Hills, Amnon Weinstein
Matthew Bannister on a TV executive, an author, an artist, a luthier
Peter Higgs, Trevor Griffiths, Hella Pick, Margaret Tynes
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a playwright, a journalist and a singer.
Joe Lieberman, Diana Baring, Lynn Kinnear, Kay Benbow
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.
Richard Taylor, Lisa Lane, Rose Dugdale, Ian Green
John Wilson on a campaigner, a chess champion, an IRA member and a music producer.
John Boyega on campaigner Richard Taylor, father of Damilola Taylor
John Boyega remembers Richard Taylor, father of his childhood friend Damilola Taylor
Vince Power CBE, Olga Murray, Akira Toriyama, Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello
Matthew Bannister on a music promoter, a lawyer, a businesswoman and an artist.
Audrey Adams, Nicola Trahan, Edward Bond, Eric Carmen
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a resistance fighter, a playwright and a musician.
Iris Apfel, Colin Murray Parkes, Baroness Henig, Jim Lawrence
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a psychiatrist, a politician and a sail maker.
Nicholas Dimbleby, Lord Patrick Cormack, Wendy Mitchell, Eleanor Fazan
John Wilson on a sculptor, politician, historian, author and a choreographer.
Alexei Navalny, Dr Brooke Ellison, Gertrude Wright, Steve Brown
John Wilson on a politician, an academic, a translator and a composer.
Steve Wright, Baroness Flather, Alan Mills, Angela Peberdy
Matthew Bannister on a radio DJ, a politician, a referee and an announcer.
Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, Ian Lavender, Robie Harris, Barry John
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an actor, an author and a rugby player.
Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard
Matthew Bannister on a music producer, a medical journalist, a typographer, a cricketer.
Norma Barzman, Lord Saye and Sele, Jim Hobson, Susan Campbell
Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an aristocrat, a police officer and an illustrator.
Annie Nightingale, Isca Salzberger-Wittenberg, Bryan Ansell, Charlie Allan
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a psychoanalyst, a games developer and a farmer.
Camila Batmanghelidjh, Sir Roy Calne, Glynis Johns, J.P.R. Williams
Matthew Bannister on a charity founder, a surgeon, an actor, a rugby player
John Pilger, KM Peyton, Paula Murphy, Michael Blakemore
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a racing driver and a director.
Jacques Delors, Nancy Pearce, Elinor Otto, Tony Allen
Kirsty Lang on a politician, a factory worker, a charity founder and a comedian.
Maureen Sweeney, Sir Tim Brighouse, Shirley Anne Field, Juanita Castro
Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.
Benjamin Zephaniah, Laura Lean, Stacy Marking, Eric Freeman
Matthew Bannister on a poet, a FANY officer, a documentary maker and a farmer.
Shane MacGowan, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Lord Darling, Joan Jara
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a judge, a politician and a campaigner.
Henry Kissinger, Terry Venables, Paul Watson, Rachel Heller
Matthew Bannister on a US diplomat, a football manager, a documentary maker and an artist.
Captain Don Walsh, Dame A.S. Byatt, Rosalynn Carter, Dr Finlay Macleod
Matthew Bannister on a submariner, an author, a First Lady and a Gaelic speaker.
Peter Betts, Audrey Salkeld, Heather Rogers KC, Louise Meriwether
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a mountaineering historian, a lawyer and a writer.
Ken Mattingly, Anne Wright, Mary Gallacher, David Kirke
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, a conservationist, an Ibrox legend and a sports pioneer
Matthew Perry, Benedict Birnberg, Field Marshall Muthoni Wa Kirima, Professor Jose Harris
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a historian, a Mau Mau fighter and an actor.
Sir Bobby Charlton, Dr Evelyn Fox Keller, Julian Bahula, Haydn Gwynne
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a scientist, a musician and an actor.
Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, Florence Fisher, Dr Nicholas Arnold
Kirsty Lang on a businessman, an agent, a campaigner, a herpetologist
Kirsty Smitten, Kat Anderson, Beverly Willis, Tony Wade
Kirsty Lang on a scientist, an architect, an entrepreneur and a singer.
Michael Gambon, Pat Arrowsmith, Treleven Haysom, Dianne Feinstein
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a campaigner, a stonemason and a US senator.
Gita Mehta, Matteo Messina Denaro, Irma Brenman Pick, John Stevenson
Matthew Bannister on an author, a mafia boss, a psychoanalyst and a scriptwriter.
Sir Horace Ové, Su Gorman, Roger Whittaker, Jean Combes
Matthew Bannister on a film director, a campaigner, a singer and a naturalist.
Mike Yarwood, Ada Deer, Sir Ian Wilmut, Dorothy Purdew
Matthew Bannister on an impressionist, a campaigner, an embryologist and a businesswoman.
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a educationalist, a tropical medicine expert, a singer
Julian Haviland, Johaar Mosaval, Tricia Tyler, Matyelok Gibbs
Matthew Bannister on a political editor, a dancer, a journalist and an actor.
Michael Parkinson, Renata Scotto, John Brierly, Isobel Crook
John Wilson on a broadcaster, an Italian soprano, an author and an anthropologist
SPECIAL EDITION: Michael Parkinson
John Wilson talks to Sir Michael Parkinson's son Mike
Nick Kaiser, Angela Flowers, Robbie Shepherd, Doreen Mantle.
Kirsty Lang on an actress, a British scientist, a gallerist, a Scottish broadcaster.
Sir Michael Boyd, Jess Search, Warren Ford, Leny Andrade
Kirsty Lang on an artistic director, a documentary maker, a tea consultant and a singer
Richard Barancik, Yvonne Littlewood MBE, Edward Sexton, Dr Christian Carritt
Kirsty Lang on a soldier, a television producer, a tailor and a doctor.
George Alagiah, Sinead O'Connor, Ann Clwyd, Tony Bennett, and Trevor Francis
John Wilson on a journalist, a singer-songwriter, a politician, a singer, a footballer
Lady Williams of Elvel, Professor John Goodenough, Christine Baker, Lord Palmer
Matthew Bannister on a secretary, a materials chemist, a publisher and an aristocrat.
Malcolm Mowbray, Victoria Amelina, Roger Lovegrove, Mavis Cheek
Matthew Bannister on a film director, a novelist, an ornithologist and a writer.
Lord Kerslake, Dame Ann Leslie, Diane Rowe, Tim Blackmore
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, journalist, table tennis champion, radio executive.
Baroness McDonagh, Craig Brown, Godfrey Merlen, Winnie Ewing
Matthew Bannister on a baroness, a football manager, a conservationist and a politician.
Daniel Ellsberg, Glenda Jackson, Melanie Phillips, Sir Ben Helfgott
Matthew Bannister on a whistleblower, an actor, a social worker and a holocaust survivor.
Silvio Berlusconi, Cormac McCarthy, Kathryn Harries, Francoise Gilot
John Wilson on a prime minister, a novelist, a soprano and an artist.
Mel Parry, Professor Alice Coleman, Hugh Callaghan, Cynthia Weil
Matthew Bannister on an SAS veteran, a geographer, a labourer and a songwriter.
Jeremy Clarke, Dr Moira Woods, Iain Johnstone, Rita Lee
Matthew Bannister on a columnist, a campaigner, a film critic and a singer.
Tina Turner, Martin Amis, Leroy Cooper, Rolf Harris, Marlene Bauer Hagge
Matthew Bannister on a singer, an author, a photographer and a golfer.
Newton Minow, Vicky Neale, Lois Keith, Gerald Rose
Matthew Bannister on a broadcast regulator, a mathematician, a campaigner, an illustrator.
Grace Bumbry, Don Short, Dame Rosemary Cramp, Wee Willie Harris
Matthew Bannister on an opera singer, a journalist, an archaeologist and a rock‘n’roller
Harry Belafonte, Jerry Springer, Valerie Winn, Kate Saunders
Matthew Bannister on a singer and actor, a broadcaster, a runner and an author.
Barry Humphries, Len Goodman, Professor Elizabeth Murray, Jah Shaka
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a dancer, a medical researcher and a musician
Anne Perry, Dame Mary Quant, Jean Argles, Ahmad Jamal
Matthew Bannister on an author, a designer, a codebreaker and a musician.
Ben Ferencz, Seymour Fortescue, Valerie Elliott, Rachel Pollack
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a banker, a journalist, an author
Nigel Lawson, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ken Buchanan, Mary Rayner
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a boxer and a writer.
Paul O'Grady, Gordon Moore, Vera Selby, Simon Emmerson
Matthew Bannister on an entertainer, a tech entrepreneur, a snooker player, a musician.
Jacqueline Gold CBE, Lance Reddick, Traute Lafrenz, Lynn Seymour
Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, an actor, a campaigner, a ballerina
Chaim Topol, Zandra Flemister, Bill Tidy MBE, Avis Fawcitt
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a special agent, a cartoonist and a music teacher.
Judith Heumann, Brian Tufano, Sir David Elliott KCMG, Elizabeth Foulkes
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a cinematographer, a diplomat and an architect.
Lady Betty Boothroyd, Marianne Mantell, John Motson OBE, Sulamita Aronovsky
Kirsty Lang on a politician, a publisher, a football commentator and a pianist.
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Ralph Hooper OBE, Raquel Welch, Dickie Davies
A feminist, an engineer, an actress and a sports presenter.
David Vaughan OBE, Burt Bacharach, Janet Anderson, Eileen Sheridan
Matthew Bannister on a glaciologist, a composer, an MP and a cyclist.
Frene Ginwala, Lady Martha Bruce OBE, Pervez Musharraf, Paco Rabanne
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a prison governor, a president and a designer.
Ralph Ehrmann, Sylvia Syms, Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy, Jo Sandilands
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an actor, a Rabbi and an editor.
Howard Baderman, David Crosby, Milly Thompson, Brenda Heywood
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a musician, an artist and an archaeologist.
Jeff Beck, Alice Mahon, Tom Karen OBE, Gina Lollobrigida
Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, an MP, a designer and an actress.
Gianluca Vialli, Fay Weldon, Michael Dower, Anita Pointer
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, an author, a conservationist and a singer.
Pope Benedict XVI, Dame Vivienne Westwood, James Caan, Georgia Holt
Matthew Bannister on a pope, a fashion designer, an actor and a singer.
Terry Hall, Dame Beryl Grey, Heather Iandolo, Eric Allison
Matthew Bannister on a singer, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, an ex-offender, a ballerina
Victor Lewis-Smith, Maureen Doherty, Pablo Milanés, Ailsa Irving
Matthew Bannister on a columnist and broadcaster, a designer, a singer, and a campaigner.
Joyce Bryant, George 'Johnny' Johnson MBE, Dame Clare Marx, Joseph Kittinger
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a squadron leader, a surgeon, a skydiver.
Christine McVie, Jiang Zemin, Derek Granger
Matthew Bannister on a musician, a Chinese leader and a producer.
Doddie Weir, Hebe de Bonafini, Irene Cara, Cornelia Schroeder
Matthew Bannister on a rugby player, a campaigner, a singer and a virologist.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Ann Savours, Sue Baker, Wilko Johnson
Matthew Bannister on a migrant, a journalist, an archivist and a musician.
Peter de Savary, Bob Le Sueur MBE, Ela Bhatt, Hannah Pick-Goslar
Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, a war hero, a campaigner and a Holocaust survivor.
Leslie Phillips CBE, Dame Valerie Beral, Avtar Singh Jouhl, Atarah Ben-Tovim MBE
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an epidemiologist, an activist and a musician.
Baroness Blood, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ian Jack, Hilaree Nelson
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a musician, a journalist and a ski mountaineer.
Dame Carmen Callil, Ivy Jo Hunter, Kathleen Booth, Dietrich Mateschitz
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a songwriter, a computer pioneer and a billionaire.
Ian Hamilton KC, Audrey Evans, Parvatiben Solanki, Robbie Coltrane OBE
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a paediatric oncologist, a publisher and an actor.
Dame Angela Lansbury, Lady Keswick, Sacheen Littlefeather, Franca Fendi
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a special adviser, a campaigner, a businesswoman
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 'Ma' Smith MBE, Mike Burrows, Loretta Lynn
Matthew Bannister on a Muslim scholar, a voluntary worker, a cycle designer and a singer.
Dame Hilary Mantel, John McVicar, Joyce Reynolds, Paul Sartin
Matthew Bannister on an author, an ex-offender, a classicist and a musician.
Jean-Luc Godard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dennis Wilson, Mavis Nicholson
Kirsty Lang on a film-maker, a writer, a war poet and a broadcaster.
Bill Turnbull, Anne Sutton, Norah Vincent, Drummie Zeb
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a historian, a writer, a drummer
Mikhail Gorbachev, Stella 'Jaye' Edwards, Jerry Allison
Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer.
Margaret Keane, Keith Smith, Mario Fiorentini, Brenda Fisher
Matthew Bannister on an artist, an entrepreneur, a partisan and a swimmer.
Lamont Dozier, Joan Lingard, Issey Miyake, Edana Minghella
John Wilson on a songwriter, a children's author, a fashion designer, a researcher
James Lovelock, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Roy Hackett MBE, Dame Olivia Newton-John
Kirsty Lang on a scientist, a terrorist, an activist and a film star.
Bernard Cribbins OBE (pictured), Diana Kennedy MBE, Sir Colin Blakemore, Nichelle Nichols
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a food writer, a neuroscientist, and an actor.
Lord David Trimble (pictured), Susie Steiner, Uwe Seeler
John Wilson on a peacemaker, an author and a football legend.
Tony Sirico (pictured), José Eduardo dos Santos, Ann Shulgin, Ivana Trump
John Wilson on an actor, a president, a therapist and a businesswoman.
Shinzo Abe (pictured), Mona Hammond OBE, Lorna de Smidt, Monty Norman
Kirsty Lang on a prime minister, an actor, an activist and a composer.
Baroness Greengross OBE (pictured), Sonny Barger, Technoblade, Qin Yi
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a Hell’s Angel, a YouTuber and an actor.
Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a palaeontologist, a film producer and a doctor.
Dom Phillips (pictured), Stephen S. Thompson, Caroline Drummond, Maureen Hiron
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a farming campaigner and a games inventor.
Dame Paula Rego (pictured), Bruce Kent, Hilary Devey CBE
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a campaigner and an entrepreneur.
Amanda Claridge, Sidhu Moose Wala (pictured), Mark Sykes, Paul Vance
Matthew Bannister on an archaeologist, a rapper, a gambler and a songwriter.
Dervla Murphy, Lester Piggott (pictured), Anne Howells
Matthew Bannister on a travel writer, a jockey, a singer
Baroness Haleh Afshar, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Kay Mellor, Vangelis (Pictured)
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a president, a writer and a composer.
Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an artist, a president and a hairdresser.
Kathy Boudin, Dennis Waterman (pictured), Sidney Altman, Régine Zylberberg
Matthew Bannister on an activist, an actor, a biologist, a night club owner.
Colonel Alan Jenkins, Mary Monson, Elspeth Barker, Art Rupe (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a soldier, a lawyer, an author and a music producer.
Yvonne Blenkinsop (pictured), Dr Margaret Carswell, Mikhail Vasenkov, Denise Coffey
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, an ornithologist, a spy, an actor
Mimi Reinhard, Sir Harrison Birtwistle (pictured), Sylvia Lancaster OBE, Letizia Battaglia
John Wilson on a Holocaust survivor, a composer, a campaigner and a photographer.
Jordan Mooney (pictured), Jack Higgins, Robert Ashe, David McKee
John Wilson on a punk icon, a writer, an aid worker and an illustrator.
Derek Mack (pictured), June Brown, Doris Derby, Dave Sales
Matthew Bannister on a rocket engineer, an actor, a civil rights campaigner, a fisherman.
Madeleine Albright (pictured), Peter Padfield, Christina Smith, Sheila Paine
Matthew Bannister on a US politician, a naval historian, an entrepreneur, a textile expert
Bruce Page, Dottie Frazier, Josephine Veasey (pictured), Maynard Davies
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a diver, a singer and a bacon curer
Mary Coombs, Paul Farmer, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, William Hurt (pictured)
John Wilson on a computer programmer, a medical anthropologist, a translator and an actor.
Shirley Hughes (pictured), Roger Graef, Shane Warne
Matthew Bannister on a children’s author and illustrator, a documentary maker, a cricketer
Sonny Ramadhin (pictured), Sister Catherine Wybourne, Captain Raymond Savage, Anna Karen
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a nun, a soldier and an actor
Jamal Edwards MBE, P.J. O'Rourke (pictured), Romaine Hart OBE, Ronnie Campbell
Matthew Bannister on a music entrepreneur, a writer, a cinema owner, a crofter
Beryl Vertue CBE (pictured), Flavio Carboni, Phil Harvey, Lata Mangeshkar
Matthew Bannister on a producer, a 'fixer', a businessman, a singer
Bamber Gascoigne (pictured), Norma Waterson, Claire Tomlinson, Thich Nhat Hanh
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a singer, a polo player and a Buddhist monk.
Sir Crispin Tickell, Barry Cryer (pictured), Darlene Hard, Elza Soares
Julian Worricker on a diplomat, a comedian, a sportswoman and a singer
Meat Loaf (pictured), André Leon Talley, Jana Bennett, Kristin Baybars
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a fashion editor, a BBC executive, a toymaker
Lord Sainsbury, David Stuart, Elizabeth Selby, Ronnie Spector (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an LGBT support worker, a photo agent, a singer
Sidney Poitier (pictured), EO Wilson, Sarah Weddington, Assunta 'Pupetta' Maresca
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a biologist, a lawyer and a mafia boss.
Lord Rogers (pictured), April Ashley MBE, Joan Didion, Ray Illingworth
Matthew Bannister on an architect, a transgender pioneer, a writer, a cricketer
Janice Long (pictured), Marvin Hagler, Esther Bejarano, Leslie Bricusse
Julian Worricker on a DJ, a boxer, a Holocaust survivor and a songwriter.
bell hooks (pictured), Shirley McGreal, Lionel Blair, Melvin Van Peebles
Julian Worricker on a writer, a conservationist, an entertainer, a film director.
Mary Maher, Robbie Shakespeare (pictured), Anwar Ditta, Anne Rice
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a bass player, a campaigner and an author.
Sir Antony Sher (pictured), Roger Phillips, Judy Totton
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a mushroom expert and a publicist.
Stephen Sondheim (pictured), Sir Frank Williams, Jo-Carroll Dennison
Matthew Bannister on a composer, a motor racing team owner and a beauty queen.
Ian Wallace, Rossana Banti, Ivy Nicholson (pictured), Cedric Robinson MBE
Matthew Bannister on an ornithologist, a partisan, a model, a guide
Aaron Beck, Joan Carlyle (pictured), Etel Adnan, Anne Bradford
Kirsty Lang on a psychiatrist, a soprano, a writer and a crossword solver.
Sir Archie Lamb (pictured), John Boyden, Ida Nudel, Abolhassan Banisadr
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, a record producer, a 'refusenik' and a president.
Sir Michael Rutter (pictured), Christopher Wenner, Sister Megan Rice, Jeanette Altwegg
Matthew Bannister on a psychiatrist, a film maker, a campaigner, a figure skater
Bernard Haitink (pictured), Victor Gregg, Ruthie Tompson, Paddy Moloney
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a soldier, an animator, and a piper.
Colin Powell (pictured), Brendan Kennelly, Myriam Sarachik, John Clunies-Ross
Kirsty Lang on a General, a poet, a scientist and the ruler of the Cocos Islands
Abdul Qadeer Khan (pictured), R. Allen Gardner, Joyce Jackson, Beresford King-Smith
Matthew Bannister on a metallurgist, an ethologist, a centenarian, an orchestra manager.
Antony Hewish (pictured), Roger Michell, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Jane Powell
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a director, a president and an actor.
Lord Gowrie, Kamla Bhasin (pictured), Shirley Metherell MBE, Roger Hunt MBE
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a feminist, a charity founder, a footballer
Jimmy Greaves (pictured), Sir Clive Sinclair, Olivia Jordan, Carolyn Shoemaker
Julian Worricker on a footballer, an inventor, a translator and an astrophysicist.
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Jean-Paul Belmondo (pictured), Angela Milner, Inge Ginsberg
Datshiane Navanayagam on a revolutionary, an actor, a palaeontologist and a singer.
Sergei Kovalev (pictured), Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Abebech Gobena, Ed Asner
Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a reggae pioneer, a humanitarian, an actor
Jill Murphy (pictured), Len Gibson, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Nanci Griffith
Matthew Bannister on an author, a prisoner of war, an artist, a country singer
Charlie Watts (pictured), Austin Mitchell, Hugh Wood, Sean Lock
Matthew Bannister on a drummer, a Labour MP, a composer and a comedian.
Una Stubbs (pictured), Gino Strada, Mo Hayder
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a surgeon, a writer
Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE (pictured), Sir Nicholas Goodison, Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Joyce Shrubbs
Matthew Bannister on a poet, a stockbroker, a Muslim teacher, a military observer
Sir Graham Vick (pictured), Carmel Budiardjo, Piers Plowright, Dusty Hill
Julian Worricker on an opera director, a campaigner, a radio producer and a musician.
Jackie Mason (pictured), John Woodcock, Dinah Murray, Billy Lacey
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a cricket writer, a campaigner, a marshman
Gillian Sheen (pictured), William 'Twink' Allen, Lawrence 'Benny' Goodman, Alan Lewis
Matthew Bannister on an Olympian, a horse fertility expert, a Squadron Leader, a publisher
Jehan Sadat (pictured), Michael Horovitz, Richard Ernst, Dilip Kumar
Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a poet, a chemist, an actor
Donald Rumsfeld (pictured), Menelik Shabazz, Elizabeth French
Matthew Bannister on a US defense secretary, a film-maker and an archaeologist.
John McAfee (pictured), Trần Thiện Khiêm, Karla Burns, Horace 'Lyle' Hutley
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a general, a singer, a war veteran.
Kenneth Kaunda, Janet Malcolm, Penny Kemp, Bob Swash
Matthew Bannister on a president, a writer, a campaigner, a producer.
Edward de Bono, Paul Van Doren, Alastair Hanton OBE, Violetta Elvin
Matthew Bannister on a thinker, a businessman, banker, a ballerina.
Lee Evans (pictured), Yuan Longping, Bill McCall, Alix Dobkin
Matthew Bannister on a sprinter, a plant scientist, a union leader, a singer.
Eric Carle (pictured), Helen Murray Free, Michael Parsons, Evelyn McNicol
Matthew Bannister on an author, a chemist, an engineer, a mountaineer.
Sir Paul Cosford, Max Mosley (pictured), Dr Frances Rotblat, Norman Lloyd
Julian Worricker on a medical director, a motorsport boss, a scientist, an actor.
Spencer Silver, Kevin Jackson, Patricia Brown, Asfaw Yemiru
Matthew Bannister on a chemist, a writer, a codebreaker, a teacher.
Olympia Dukakis (pictured), Eric McGraw MBE, Anthony Thwaite
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an editor and a poet.
Baroness O'Cathain, Michael Collins, Sharon Matola, Jim Steinman (pictured, with Meat Loaf)
Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, an astronaut, a zoo director, a songwriter.
Geoff Crowther, Isamu Akasaki, June Newton, Les McKeown (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a guide book writer, a physicist, a photographer, a pop star.
Helen McCrory (pictured), Hans Küng, Eric Gordon, George Reynolds
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a theologian, an editor, a businessman.
Baroness Shirley Williams (pictured), Glynn Lunney, Lyn Macdonald
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a Nasa flight director and a historian.
Doreen Lofthouse OBE, Dr Chris Doake, Barbara Hosking CBE, Bernice Cohen
Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, a glaciologist, a civil servant, an investor.
Bob Davey MBE; George Segal (pictured); Lady Violet Aitken; Tony Hendra
Matthew Bannister on a church restorer, an actor, a power boat racer, a comedian.
Nawal El Saadawi (pictured), Brigadier Jack Thomas, President John Magufuli, Ion Mihai Pacepa
Matthew Bannister on a feminist writer, a soldier, a president and a spy.
Murray Walker (pictured), King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey, Bunny Wailer
Julian Worricker on a king, a commentator, a charity founder, a musician.
Nicola Pagett (pictured), Stan Shaw, Prof John Mallard, Rupert Neve
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a “little mester”, a physicist, a recording engineer.
Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani (pictured), Sidney Alford, Alison Lurie, Chris Barber
Matthew Bannister on an oil minister, an explosives expert, an author and a jazz musician.
Sir William Macpherson (pictured), Margaret Snyder, Eleanor Wadsworth, Iain Pattinson
Matthew Bannister on: a judge, a UN civil servant, a pilot, a comedy writer.
Carlos Menem (pictured), Mary Wilson, Robin Pooley, Larry Flynt
Matthew Bannister on a president, a singer, a businessman and a pornographer.
George Shultz, Yvonne Conolly, Maureen Colquhoun, Christopher Plummer (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a headteacher, an MP and an actor.
Lewis Wolpert, Cicely Tyson, Prince Khalid Abdullah and Captain Sir Tom Moore (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an actor, a Saudi Prince and a national hero.
Larry King (pictured), Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an organist, a curator, a circus owner
Phil Spector (pictured), Grace Robertson, Paul Nihill
Matthew Bannister on a record producer, a photographer, a race walker.
Michael Apted (pictured), Kay Ullrich, Katharine Whitehorn, Reginald Foster
Julian Worricker on a film-maker, a politician, a journalist, a translator.
Sir Brian Urquhart (pictured), Albert Roux, Dame Rachel Waterhouse, Gerry Marsden
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a chef, a consumer champion, a singer.
Stella Tennant, George Bizos, Joan Feynman, Rishi Kapoor
Matthew Bannister on a model, a lawyer, an astrophysicist and an actor.
Millie Small, JJ Williams, Maurice Healy, Dame Fanny Waterman
Julian Worricker on Millie Small, JJ Williams, Maurice Healy and Dame Fanny Waterman
John le Carré (pictured), Patience Thomson, Doug Scott, Dame Barbara Windsor
Matthew Bannister on an author, an educator, a mountaineer, an actor
Mario Molina, Irina Antonova, Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Peter Alliss (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on a chemist, a curator, a President, a golf commentator.
Hamish MacInnes OBE, José Padilla, Anne Rasa
Matthew Bannister on a mountaineer, an ethologist, a DJ.
Diego Maradona, Rosalind Grimshaw, Jan Morris CBE
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a glass artist, an author
Des O’Connor CBE, Richard Trim OBE, Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, Edith Raymond Locke
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a radar engineer, a scholar, an editor.
Lord Sacks, John Sessions, Joanna Harcourt-Smith, Jim Radford
Matthew Bannister on a rabbi, an actor, a podcaster, a singer.
Sir Sean Connery, Eavan Boland, Nobby Stiles MBE, Bobby Ball
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a poet, a footballer, a comedian.
David Toole OBE, Professor Valerie Curtis, Frank Bough, Jill Paton Walsh CBE
Matthew Bannister on a dancer, a hygiene expert, a TV presenter, an author
Herbert Kretzmer, James Nash, Tom Maschler, Sister Chiara Hatton Hall
Matthew Bannister on a lyricist, an adventurer, a publisher, a nun.
Derek Mahon, Professor Gerta Vrbová, Ang Rita Sherpa, Helena Shenel
Matthew Bannister on a poet, a physiologist, a mountaineer, a voice coach.
Kenzo Takada, Colonel John Waddy, Frank Windsor, Ann Getty
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a soldier, an actor, a socialite
Sir Harold Evans, Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, Alan Minter, Helen Taylor-Thompson
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a judge, a charity worker, a boxer.
Juliette Greco, Bob Gore, Dame Georgina Mace, Jiri Menzel
Julian Worricker on a singer, an inventor, an ecologist and a film director.
Sir Terence Conran, Dame Diana Rigg CBE, Shere Hite, Toots Hibbert
Matthew Bannister on a designer, an actor, a researcher, a musician.
Stuart King, Comrade Duch, Deirdre Le Faye, David Bryant CBE
Julian Worricker on a pioneering humanitarian, an executioner, a scholar, a sportsman.
Chadwick Boseman, Sir Kenneth Robinson, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Doreen Davies
Matthew Bannister on: an actor, an educationalist, a politician, a BBC manager
Dr James Partridge OBE, Sally Jacobs, Angela Buxton, Philip Horniblow OBE
Julian Worricker on a designer, a campaigner, a sportswoman, an adventurer.
Julian Bream CBE, Elizabeth Ward OBE, Chris Graham-Bell, Stuart Christie
Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, a campaigner, a publisher, an anarchist.
Hawa Abdi, Clive Ponting, President Lee Teng-hui, Richard Brooke
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a whistleblower, a President, a mountaineer.
John Hume, Stan Mellor MBE, Paulette Wilson, Sir Alan Parker
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a jockey, a campaigner, a film director
Stuart Wheeler, Josephine Cox, Miloš Jakeš, Peter Green
Matthew Bannister on a financier, an author, a politician, a guitarist.
John Lewis, Tony Elliott CBE, Wendy Cooling, Dr Alan Howard
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a publisher, an educationalist and a nutritionist.
Jack Charlton, Zindzi Mandela, Charles Webb, Ida Haendel
Matthew Bannister on a footballer, an activist, a writer, a violinist.
Ennio Morricone, Sir Everton Weekes, Baroness Maddock, Earl Cameron CBE
Matthew Bannister on a composer, a cricketer, a politician, an actor
Milton Glaser, Terry Dicks, Professor Tom Arie, Else Blangsted
Matthew Bannister on a designer, an MP, a psychiatrist, a music editor.
Sir Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, Felicity Bryan MBE, Lily Lian
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an ambassador, an agent, a singer
Dame Vera Lynn, Professor Geoffrey Burnstock, Larry Kramer, Pierre Nkurunziza
Matthew Bannister on a neurobiologist, a campaigner, a president, a singer
Christo Javacheff, Cathie Sabin OBE, Dorothy Wakely, Jonathan Whitehead
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a tennis administrator, an SOE officer, a musician.
Dr Stanley Ho, Roger Fellows, Margaret Meek Spencer, Mory Kanté
Julian Worricker on a political campaigner, a gambling tycoon, an educationist, a musician
Margaret Maughan, John Cumming OBE, Jerry Givens, John Langdon, Eric Weissberg
Julian Worricker on an athlete, a jazz promoter, a campaigner, a comedy writer.
Lord Robert May of Oxford, Dr Judith Darmady OBE, Mark Barkan, Saroj Lal
Matthew Bannister on a mathematical ecologist, a paediatrician, a songwriter, a campaigner
Little Richard, Dr Janet Carr OBE, Professor John Horton Conway, Florian Schneider
Matthew Bannister on a rock 'n' roll star, a psychologist, a mathematician, a musician
Catherine Hamlin, Irrfan Khan, Denis Goldberg, Ann Sayer
Matthew Bannister on an obstetrician, an actor, an activist, an athlete
Ronan O'Rahilly, Sir John Houghton CBE, Sue Davies OBE, Barbara Smoker
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, an atmospheric physicist, a curator, an atheist
Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow, Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine
Matthew Bannister on an artist and geometrist, a campaigner, a detective, a singer.
Sir Stirling Moss OBE, Professor Margaret Burbidge, Mahmoud Jibril, Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, an astronomer, a politician, a comedian
Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman
Julian Worricker on: an allergist, a radio producer, an aristocrat, an actress.
Albert Uderzo, Valerie Pettit OBE, Reverend Joseph Lowery, Julie Felix
Matthew Bannister on an MI6 officer, a cartoonist, a civil rights leader, a singer.
Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner, Kenny Rogers
Matthew Bannister on a journalist and commentator, a businessman, a campaigner, a singer
Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a boxer, a publisher, an entertainer
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Max von Sydow, Professor Hannah Steinberg, Charles Portis
Matthew Bannister on a diplomat, an actor, a psychopharmacologist, a writer.
Katherine Johnson, Nexhmije Hoxha, Sir Michael Berridge, Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy)
Matthew Bannister on a Stalinist, a mathematician, a biochemist, a film star.
Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a President, a writer and a diver.
Heather Couper CBE, Leonard Woodley QC, Joseph Shabalala
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a barrister, a musician
Daniel arap Moi, Feng Huiyan, Professor Donald West, Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare
Julian Worricker on a politician, a teacher, a criminologist, a mercenary.
Kirk Douglas, Terry Hands CBE, Hazel Murphy, Seamus Mallon
Julian Worricker on a theatre director, a wine marketer, a politician, an actor.
Nicholas Parsons CBE, Mary Craig, Lord Maclennan of Rogart, Kobe Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a writer, a politician, a basketball star
Tony Garnett, Joy Rainey, Professor Cuchlaine King, Terry Jones
Matthew Bannister on a producer, a racing driver, a geomorphologist, a comedian
Sir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth Sellars
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a Sultan, a brewer, an actress
General Qasem Soleimani, M.C. Beaton, George Laurer, Dr Sidney Holt
Matthew Bannister on a general, a writer, an engineer, a biologist
Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray
Matthew Bannister on a musician, an activist, an actress, an author
Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.
Kenny Lynch OBE, Chris Moncrieff CBE, Kate Figes, Branko Lustig
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer
David Bellamy, Nell Gifford, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Mariss Jansons
Matthew Bannister on a botanist, a circus owner, a prime minister, a conductor
Bob Willis MBE, Gary Rhodes OBE, Dr Shuping Wang, Sir Stephen Cleobury CBE
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a chef, a whistleblower, a musical director
Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE
Matthew Bannister on a director, a Field Marshal, a writer
Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby
Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a writer, a laird, a BBC Controller
Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE
Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario
Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer
Charles Jencks, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Irene Shubik, Raymond Leppard
Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor
Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant
Matthew Bannister on a ballerina, a journalist, a crossword setter, a trumpeter
Alexei Leonov, Sally Soames, Kary Mullis, Reg Watson
Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer
Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a drummer, an editor and an actress.
Jessye Norman, Peter Sissons, Al Alvarez, Marita Lorenz
Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.
Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O’Neill
Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O’Herne, Ric Ocasek
Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.
Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks
Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.
Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE
Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.
Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth
Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.
Peter Fonda, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Geoffrey Paul OBE, Jim Bouton
Matthew Bannister on a film star, a princess, an editor and a baseball player.
Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins
Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.
Toni Morrison, Hal Prince, Dr Elizabeth Killick, Li Peng, Barrington Pheloung
Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.
Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iván Erőd
Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.
Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Clegg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Paul Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a singer, a space mission director, a satirist, a composer.
Audrey Eyton, Arthur Ryan, Jack Bond, Rip Torn
Matthew Bannister on a retailer, a diet creator, a cricketer and an actor
Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, João Gilberto, John McCririck
Matthew Bannister on a holocaust survivor, a journalist, a musician and a racing pundit.
Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician
Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.
Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.
John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.
Edward Seaga, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mary Stopes-Roe, Gloria Schiff, Dr John
Julian Worricker on a politician, a writer, an archivist, a fashion editor, a singer.
Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.
Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.
Doris Day, Brian Walden, Dorothy Rowe, Lorraine Warren
Julian Worricker on an actress, a broadcaster, a psychologist, a paranormal investigator.
Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
Andrea Catherwood on a runner, a psychiatrist, an activist, an ecologist, a film director
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Terry Rawlings, Neus Català, Heather Harper CBE, Peter Mayhew
Matthew Bannister on a Grand Duke, a film editor, a campaigner, a soprano, an actor
Lyra McKee, Una-Mary Parker, Mira Markovic, Doreen Spooner, Edward Kelsey
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a writer, a politician, a photographer, an actor
David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O’Donnell, Les Reed
Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter.
Sydney Brenner, Dan Robbins, Edda Tasiemka, Ian McDonald
Matthew Bannister on a biologist, an artist, an archivist and a spokesman.
Michel Bacos, Agnes Varda, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Barbara Low, Ranking Roger
Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a film director, an impresario, a biochemist and a singer.
Baroness Warnock, William Hucklesby QPM, Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya CBE FRS, Scott Walker
Matthew Bannister on a philosopher, a police officer, an artist, a professor and a singer
Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a botanist, a nun and a guitarist.
Professor Mike Oliver, Jacques Loussier, Professor Richard Lacey, The Reverend Ruth Scott
Matthew Bannister on a disability rights activist, a pianist, a microbiologist, a vicar.
France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint
Matthew Bannister on a President, a mathematician, a campaigner, a historian, a singer
André Previn KBE, John Haynes OBE, Tony Mendez, Lady Grantchester
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a publisher, a spy and a businesswoman.
Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork
A political secretary, a designer, a police officer, an author and a pop star.
Gordon Banks OBE, Vikki Orvice, David Garman OBE, Mary Oliver, Albert Finney
Matthew Bannister on a goalkeeper, a sportswriter, an inventor, a poet and an actor.
Rosamunde Pilcher OBE, Hugh Lewin, Lamia Al-Gailani, Dr Stewart Adams OBE, Dr Adam Watson
Andrea Catherwood on an activist, a pharmacist, an ecologist, an archaeologist, an author
Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand
Julian Worricker on a comedian, an editor, a herald and a composer.
Hugh McIlvanney, Jennie Buckman, John Beavis, David Pritchard
Matthew Bannister on a sports writer, a theatre director, a surgeon and a producer.
Joe Casely-Hayford, Judge Nicholas Crichton, Professor Sophie Oluwole, Professor Paul O’Brien CBE, Carol Channing
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a judge, a philosopher, a nanotechnologist and a singer.
Nancy Roman, Ralph Koltai CBE, Julia Grant, Jin Yong, Norman Gimbel
Matthew Bannister on an astronomer, a designer, a transgender activist and a writer.
Dame June Whitfield, Sir Jack Zunz, Thomas Baptiste, David Austin OBE, Karre Mastanamma
Matthew Bannister on an actress, an engineer, an actor, a rosarian and a cook.
Sister Wendy Beckett, Nicolas Roeg, Inge Borkh, Professor Sir Aaron Klug, Geoff Emerick
Julian Worricker on an art historian, a director, a singer, a scientist, a sound engineer.
Sir David Weatherall, Penny Marshall, Evelyn Berezin, Zhores Medvedev, Nancy Wilson
Matthew Bannister on a haematologist, a film director, an inventor, a dissident, a singer
Peter Boizot, Judith Kazantzis, Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Sister Cecylia Roszak, Scott English
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a poet, a politician, a nun and a songwriter.
Harry Leslie Smith, Pete Shelley, Monica Sims, Professor Wendy Atkin OBE, Ivan March
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a singer, a BBC manager, an epidemiologist, a critic
Baroness Trumpington, Roy Bailey, Chief Inspector Henry Stevens GC, Bernardo Bertolucci
Matthew Bannister on a baroness, a singer, a police officer and a film director.
John Large, William Goldman, Dr Sarah Ntiro, Richard Baker, Patsy Rodgers
Matthew Bannister on a screenwriter, an engineer, a broadcaster, a campaigner and a king.
Aubrey Manning, Max Levitas, Babs Beverley, Janet Paisley, Stan Lee
Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, a Communist, a singer, a writer, a comic book creator.
Lord Heywood, Pamela Lonsdale, Sangharakshita, Tom Jago, Francis Lai
Matthew Bannister on a civil servant, a producer, a Buddhist, a marketeer and a composer.
Wanda Ferragamo, Wim Kok, Ntozake Shange, Mohamed Sahnoun, Keith Killby
Matthew Bannister on a businesswoman, a politician, a writer, a diplomat and a pacifist.
Anthea Bell OBE, Captain Michael Howard, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, Cicely Berry CBE, Tony Hiller
Matthew Bannister on a translator, an army officer, a peer, a voice coach and a songwriter
Paul Allen, Dr Mary Midgley, Leon Lederman, Roger Mainwood
Matthew Bannister on an entrepreneur, a philosopher, a particle physicist and an animator.
Ray Galton, Professor Gerald Russell, Evelyn Anthony, Sir Roger Gibbs, Montserrat Caballé
Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a psychiatrist, a novelist, a financier, a singer
Charles Aznavour, Dr Charles Kao, Elizabeth de Mauny Wainwright, John Cunliffe
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a physicist, a journalist and a writer
Chas Hodges, MJ Long, Arthur Mitchell, Rick Turner, Rachid Taha
Matthew Bannister on a musician, an architect, a dancer, an archaeologist and a singer.
Denis Norden, Diane Leather, Johnny Kingdom, Fenella Fielding
Andrea Catherwood on a comedy writer, an athlete, a wildlife expert and an actress.
Lady Coleridge, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Jacqueline Pearce, Lord Thomas of Macclesfield, Stan Brock
Matthew Bannister on a nurse, a warlord, an actor, a banker and a cowboy.
Burt Reynolds, Lord Peter Melchett, Rita Borsellino, Ajit Wadekar
Matthew Bannister on a film star, an environmentalist, a campaigner, a cricketer.
Lindsay Kemp, John Calder, Hilary Lister, John Calcutt, Neil Simon
Julian Worricker on a dancer, a publisher, a sailor, an academic and a playwright.
Kofi Annan, Janice Tchalenko, Hugh Synge, Helen MacLeod, Hettie Williams
Julian Worricker on a diplomat, a ceramicist, a botanist, a harpist and a teacher.
Aretha Franklin, VS Naipaul, Winston Ntshona, Nan Joyce
Matthew Bannister on an author, an activist, an actor and a singer.
Tony Bullimore, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, Barry Chuckle, June Jacobs, Tommy Peoples
Matthew Bannister on a yachtsman, a campaigner, a comedian, an activist, a fiddle player.
Mary Ellis, Shinobu Hashimoto, Dr William McBride AO, CBE, Dr Lincoln Brower, Mahendra Kaul
Matthew Bannister on a pilot, a screenwriter, a doctor, a lepidopterist and a broadcaster.
Charles Gimingham, Felicia Langer, Julian Tudor Hart, Anne Olivier Popham Bell, Adrian Cronauer
Julian Worricker on an ecologist, a lawyer, a doctor, an editor, and a disc jockey.
Oliver Knussen CBE, Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE, Sam Chisholm, Steve Ditko, Anna Sándor de Kénos
Julian Worricker on a musician, an anthropologist, a media boss, an artist, an aristocrat.
Lord Carrington, Karen Finch, Claude Lanzmann, Harlan Ellison
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a textile conservator, a film maker and a writer.
Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegen, Alan Longmuir
Matthew Bannister on a choreographer, an animator, a U-boat captain and a pop star.
Joe Jackson, Paul Lamplugh OBE, Myrtle Allen, Daisy Kadibil, Paddy Feeny
Matthew Bannister on a manager, a campaigner, a chef, an escapee and a broadcaster.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE, Maria Bueno, Gena Turgel, Zhao Kangmin, Leo Sarkisian
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, a tennis player, a holocaust survivor, an archaeologist.
Peter Mayer, Professor Celia Brackenridge OBE, Anthony Bourdain, Leslie Grantham, Teddy Johnson
Tina Daheley on a publisher, a sports scientist, a chef, an actor and a singer.
Peter Stringfellow, Graham Corbett, Kate Spade, Lord John Julius Norwich, Eli Avivi
Tina Daheley on a nightclub owner, a businessman, a fashion designer and a historian.
John Ashdown-Hill, Anne Coates OBE, Dr Davida Coady, Samuel F 'Ted' Dabney, Brendan Ingle
Matthew Bannister on a film editor, a historian, a doctor, a video game pioneer, a trainer
Beth Chatto, Philip Roth, Doreen Simmons, Khurshid Drabu, June Milne.
Julian Worricker on a gardener, an author, a judge, a sumo expert, a publisher.
Baroness Jowell, Will Alsop, Tom Wolfe, Dennis Nilsen
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a writer, a murderer and an architect.
Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney
Matthew Bannister on a runner, an author, a sociologist, a Countess and a comedy writer.
Lord Martin of Springburn, Gustav Born, Valerie Riches, Caroline Brown, Michael Anderson
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a musician, a campaigner, a pharmacologist and a film director
Avicii (Tim Bergling), Ruth Nussenzweig, Anita Shreve, Guy Playfair, Bob Bura
Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a medical researcher, a novelist, a ghost hunter, an animator.
Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton
Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a director, a conservationist, a publisher, a presenter
Gillian Ayres, Efraín Ríos Montt, David Cobham, Nikki Sievwright, Fergus Anckorn
Matthew Bannister on an artist, a dictator, a naturalist, a model and a magician.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Drue Heinz DBE, Ray Wilkins MBE, Eric Bristow, Steven Bochco
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a philanthropist, a footballer, a darts player.
Charles P Lazarus, Marielle Franco, John Brookes, Zena Skinner, Oskar Groning
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Brenda Dean, William McAlpine, Keith O'Brien, Katie Boyle, Garech Browne
Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist.
Professor Stephen Hawking, Hubert de Givenchy, Michele Hanson, Sir John Sulston, Sir Ken Dodd
Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian.
Trevor Baylis, Lerone Bennett Jr, Penny Vincenzi, Ian Aitken, Sir Roger Bannister
Matthew Bannister on an inventor, a historian, a novelist, a columnist and a runner.
Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star
Billy Graham, Laura Lee, John Morris, John Bosco McAtasney, John Pitman
Matthew Bannister on an evangelist, a sex worker, a composer, a weaver and a reporter.
Morgan Tsvangirai, Douglas Botting, Professor Patricia Lindop, Asma Jahangir, Vic Damone
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer.
John Mahoney, Hannah Hauxwell, Professor Kenneth Richard Seddon OBE, Sir John Cotterell, Naomi Parker Fraley
Julian Worricker on an actor, a farmer, a chemist, a fundraiser and a feminist icon.
Ingvar Kamprad, Elizabeth Hawley, Robert Mann, Jon Castle, Dorothy Malone
Julian Worricker on an entrepreneur, a chronicler, a musician, an activist and an actress.
Hugh Masekela, Ursula K Le Guin, Mary Lee Berners-Lee, John Barton, Mark E Smith
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Rick Jolly, Dolores O'Riordan, Cyrille Regis, Jenny Joseph, Peter Wyngarde
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, a singer, a footballer, a poet, an actor.
John W Young, Peter Preston, Raymond Thomas, Sir Brian Neill QC, Heather Stewart
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, a musician, a judge and a pilot.
Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins, Bronwen Lady Astor Chatelaine of Cliveden, Meic Povey, Rick Hall
Matthew Bannister on a designer, a businessman, a model, a writer, a producer.
Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley
Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.
Professor Heinz Wolff, Aline Countess of Romanones, Tony Whitten, Fritz Lustig, Keely Smith
Matthew Bannister on a bioengineer, a spy, a conservationist, a secret listener, a singer.
Max Clifford, Norman Baker, Tony Garrett, Virginia Surtees, Keith Chegwin
Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter.
King Michael of Romania, Shashi Kapoor, Christine Keeler, Jenny MacGregor, Johnny Hallyday
Matthew Bannister on a king, an actor, a model, a horse rescuer and a singer.
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Unity Spencer, Lewis Golden OBE, John Butler, Joy Lofthouse
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a businessman, a painter, a piano tuner and a pilot.
24/11/2017
Matthew Bannister on a police commissioner, a writer, an actor, a murderer, and a pop star
Lord Hutchinson of Lullington QC, Linda Nochlin, Dennis Banks, Geoff Tootill, Tim Gudgin
Matthew Bannister on a barrister, an art historian, an activist and a computer pioneer.
Antonio Carluccio, Sima Wali, Richard Wilbur, Mary Reveley, Dudley Simpson
Matthew Bannister on a chef, a campaigner, a poet, a trainer, and a composer.
Harold Pendleton, Glenn Barr, Iona Opie, Gary Flather QC OBE, Sir John Manduell
Matthew Bannister on a club owner, a politician, a folklorist, a lawyer and a principal.
Daphne Caruana Galizia, Fats Domino, Rodney Bickerstaffe, Geoffrey Schild, Rosemary Leach
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a musician, a union leader, a virologist, an actress.
Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, an architect, a prince, a diplomat and a surfer.
Lillian Ross, Jalal Talabani, Terry Downes, Sybil Flory, Hedley Jones
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a politician, a boxer, a seamstress, a musician.
Tony Booth, Liliane Bettencourt, William G Stewart, Tom Petty
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an heiress, a quizmaster and a musician.
Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn
Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a Soviet officer, an MP, an actress.
David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton
Matthew Bannister on an artist, an archivist, a writer, a designer, an actor.
Sir Peter Hall, Kate Millett, Sir Edward du Cann, JP Donleavy
Matthew Bannister on a theatre director, a radical feminist, an MP, a writer.
Sir David Tang, Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Walter Becker
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a doctor, a cardinal, a musician.
Dick Gregory, Jeannie Rousseau, Wayne Lotter, Sean O'Callaghan, John Abercrombie
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a spy, a conservationist, an informer, a guitarist.
Abu Kifah, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Brian Aldiss, Blanche Blackwell, Jerry Lewis
Kate Silverton on an author, an entertainer, a rescue worker, a muse and a comedian.
Barbara Cook, Sister Ruth Pfau, Richard Gordon, Prof UR Rao
Kate Silverton on a singer, a muse, a health campaigner and a rocket scientist.
Glen Campbell, Dame Helen Alexander, Prunella Briance, Clancy Sigal
Matthew Bannister on a musician, a businesswoman, a writer, a childbirth campaigner.
Robert Hardy, David Jones, Jeanne Moreau, Mark Wilkinson, Sam Shepard
Matthew Bannister on two actors, a playwright, a scientist, a furniture designer.
Mary Turner, Chester Bennington, Scharlette Holdman, Orri Vigfusson and George A Romero
Matthew Bannister on a trade unionist, a singer, a campaigner, an angler, a director.
Chuck Blazer, Maryam Mirzakhani, Bryan Avery, Peter McHugh, Martin Landau
Matthew Bannister on a FIFA boss, a mathematician, an architect, a journalist, an actor.
Simone Veil, Graham Rose, Tom Isaacs, Liu Xiaobo, Ken Hirst
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a director, a campaigner and a dissident.
Barry Norman, Gordon Wilson, Geri Allen, John Thompson, Jack O'Neill
Matthew Bannister on a film critic, a politician, a pianist, a radio regulator, a surfer.
Lord Joffe, Michael Bond, Ann Louise Gilligan, Carla Fendi, John Avildsen
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a writer, a campaigner, a businesswoman, a film director.
Helmut Kohl, Anita Pallenberg, Professor Brian Bellhouse, Naseem Khan, Brian Cant
Julian Worricker on a politician, an artiste, a scientist, an arts pioneer, a TV presenter
Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten, Adam West, Kailash Puri, Vin Garbutt, Helen Dunmore
Matthew Bannister on an arms dealer, a countess, an actor, an agony aunt, a singer.
Miriam Rodriguez Martinez, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Peter Sallis, Lady Anne Piper, Jiri Belohlavek
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a vet, an actor, a novelist, a conductor.
John Noakes, Manuel Noriega, Pat Stewart, Rex Sanders, Gregg Allman
Julian Worricker on a broadcaster, a navigator, a musician, a dancer, a dictator.
Brendan Duddy, Nina Lowry, Roger Ailes, Osmund Reynolds, Roger Moore
Andrea Catherwood on a peace-maker, a surgeon, a TV mogul, film star, and a judge.
Rhodri Morgan, Michael Wearing, Dr Helen Szamuely, Ian Brady, Robert Miles
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a producer, a campaigner and a DJ.
Ueli Steck, Lord Williams of Baglan, Sylvia Moy, Captain James Dickson MBE, Jon Prinz
Matthew Bannister on a climber, a diplomat, a songwriter, a mariner, a food scientist.
Robert Pirsig, Shobha Nehru, Michael Ballhaus, Leo Baxendale, Bruce Langhorne
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a cinematographer, a cartoonist, a musician.
Jonathan Demme, Robert Taylor, Cathy Hopkins, Peter Farrer, Dorothy Torry
Matthew Bannister on a director, a computer pioneer, a campaigner, a tax inspector.
Michael Bogdanov, Louis Sarno, Sheila Abdus Salaam, Dick Potts, Don Rickles
Matthew Bannister on a director, an enthnomusicologist, a judge, an ecologist, a comedian.
Masha Leon, Tim Pigott-Smith, Christopher Morahan, Parv Bancil, Marthe Gosteli, Brian Matthew
Julian Worricker on a columnist, an actor, a playwright, a director, a campaigner and a DJ
Darcus Howe, Andy Coogan, Dr Sylvia Moody, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Peter Shotton
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a coach, a psychologist, a poet, a businessman.
David Storey, Ahmed Kathrada, Barbara Buss, Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon
Matthew Bannister on a writer, an activist, an editor, a drug dealer.
Martin McGuinness, Chuck Berry, Sir Derek Walcott, Salome Karwah, Colin Dexter
Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, a poet, an Ebola survivor, a writer.
John Surtees, Gordon Thomas, Sir Howard Hodgkin, H. Boyd Woodruff, Joni Sledge
Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a writer, an artist, a microbiologist, a singer.
Sir Nigel Rodley, Sir Cosmo Haskard, Louise Hulton, Pete Overend Watts
Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a bass player, a maternal health expert, a governor.
Gerald Kaufman, Dick Bruna, Desmond Connell, Rita Barberá, Frank Delaney
Julian Worricker on two politicians, a cardinal, a writer, an illustrator.
Stanley Bard, Norma McCorvey, Michael Ember, Peter Skellern
Kate Silverton on a hotelier, a campaigner, a radio producer and a singer-songwriter.
Al Jarreau, Betty Tebbs, Sir Peter Mansfield, Dame Jennifer Jenkins, Hans Rosling
Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a physicist, a chairwoman, a statistician and a singer.
Alan Simpson, Brunhilde Pomsel, Sir Ken Morrison, Buchi Emecheta
Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a secretary, a businessman and an author.
Sir John Hurt, Margaret Pereira CBE, Sir Christopher Bland, Emma Tennant, Mary Tyler Moore
Matthew Bannister on two actors, a forensic scientist, a chairman, a writer.
Tam Dalyell MP, Victor Lownes, Babette Cole, Zhou Youguang, Gorden Kaye
Matthew Bannister on an MP, a playboy, a children's author, a linguist, an actor.
Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Una Kroll, William Peter Blatty, Sir James Mancham
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, two presidents, a campaigner, a writer.
Lord Snowdon, Graham Taylor, Jill Saward, Peter Sarstedt, Clare Hollingworth
Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a manager, a campaigner, a musician, a journalist.
John Berger, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, Henry Heimlich, Patsy Crampton, Brian Widlake and George Michael
Julian Worricker on a writer, a linguist, a broadcaster, a musician, a surgeon, two actors
Michael Nicholson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lord Prior, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Pauline Oliveros
Julian Worricker on a journalist, an actress, a politician, a rabbi, a composer.
Peter Gibson, AA Gill, Coral Atkins, William Chaloner, Ian McCaskill
Matthew Bannister on a glazier, a journalist, a carer, a palaeobotanist, a weatherman.
John Glenn, Peter Vaughan, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Greg Lake
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician.
Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a revolutionary leader, a singer, the Queen's cousin.
Martin Aitchison, Sir Mota Singh QC, William Trevor, Ruth Gruber, David Mancuso
Kate Silverton on an artist, a judge, a writer, a photojournalist and a party host.
Robert Vaughn, Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Carolyn Hardy OBE, Ewen Whitaker, Claude 'Curly' Putman
Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer.
Leonard Cohen, Lt Col Robert Montgomery MC, Janet Reno, Sir Jimmy Young
Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster.
Tom Hayden, Valerie Hunter Gordon, Carole Blake, Anne Pashley
Matthew Bannister on a political activist, an inventor, a literary agent, an opera singer.
Raine, Countess Spencer, James "Jimmy" Perry, Stylianos Pattakos, Howard Davies, Bobby Vee
Matthew Bannister on a countess, a comedy writer, a Greek general, a director, a singer.
Jean Alexander, Trinh Thi Ngo, Ian Mercer, Joseph Harmatz, Joan Marie Johnson
Matthew Bannister on an actress, a broadcaster, a naturalist, an 'Avenger' and a singer.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dario Fo, Jean Bloxam, Andrew Vicari, Don Buchla
Matthew Bannister on a king, a playwright, a racing driver, a painter, a musical inventor.
Sir Neville Marriner, Father Gabriele Amorth, Beryl Crockford, Professor Louis Herman, Rod Temperton
Matthew Bannister on a conductor, an exorcist, a rower, a psychologist and a songwriter.
Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard
Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard.
Edward Albee, James Cronin, Caroline Thomson OBE, Sir Frederick Holliday, Charmian Carr
Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a physicist, a health administrator and a zoologist.
Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster
Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star.
The Right Rev David Jenkins, Dame Margaret Anstee, Islam Karimov, Richard Neville
Matthew Bannister on a bishop, a diplomat, a president and an editor.
Joao Havelange, Sonia Rykiel, Gene Wilder, Toots Thielemans
Matthew Bannister on a FIFA president, a fashion designer, an actor, a jazz musician.
Sir Antony Jay, Donald Henderson, Tom Cholmondeley, Patsy Wright-Warren CBE, Lord Rix
Julian Worricker on a writer, an epidemiologist, an aristocrat, a nurse, an entertainer.
Bishop Edward Daly, Ahmed Zewail, Suzanne Wright, Duke of Westminster, Ivo Pitanguy
Matthew Bannister on a bishop, a chemist, an autism campaigner, a duke, a plastic surgeon.
Luc Hoffmann, Sylvia Peters, Joe Powell, William Smethurst, Sandy Pearlman
Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, an announcer, a stuntman, an editor, a rock manager.
Gary S Paxton, Sally Beauman, Thomas Sutherland, Frank Dickens, Marni Nixon
Matthew Bannister on a hostage, a singer, songwriter and producer, an author, a cartoonist
Sydney Schanberg, Beatrice de Cardi, Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, Alvin Toffler, Jimmy Gilbert
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an archaeologist, a publisher, a futurist, a producer.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Professor Suzanne Corkin, Bernardo Provenzano, Garry Marshall
Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a neuroscientist, a mafia don, a comedy director.
Caroline Aherne, Elie Wiesel, Sir Geoffrey Hill, Lord Mayhew, Michael Cimino
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a holocaust survivor, a poet, a politician, a director.
Amjad Sabri, Lorna Kelly, Jerome Bruner, Bob Holman, Scotty Moore
Matthew Bannister on a singer, an auctioneer, a psychologist, a campaigner, a guitarist.
Dr Sylvia Meek, Sam King MBE, Chips Moman, Ethel Bush GM, Harry Rabinowitz
Matthew Bannister on a parasitologist, a conductor, a police officer, a mayor, a producer.
Sir Peter Shaffer, Sir Denys Wilkinson, Peggy Spencer and Muhammad Ali
Julian Worricker on a playwright, a physicist, a dancer and a boxer.
Jo Cox MP, Dave Swarbrick, Viktor Korchnoi, Wendy Leigh
Reeta Chakrabarti on an MP, a musician, a chess player and a writer.
Carla Lane, Sir Denys Henderson, Jane Fawcett, Alan Devereux and Buster Cooper
Matthew Bannister on a comedy writer, a businessman, a conservationist, an actor.
Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau
Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator.
Gareth Gwenlan, Sir Harry Kroto, Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield, Lilly Dubowitz, Papa Wemba
Matthew Bannister on a TV producer, a chemist, a wheeler dealer, a paediatrician, a singer
Reverend Daniel Berrigan, Lord Walton of Detchant, Jenny Diski, Guy Woolfenden
Matthew Bannister on a peace campaigner, an author, a neurologist and a composer.
Lord Peston, Ruth Prideaux, Patricio Aylwin, Professor Sir David Mackay, Gareth Thomas
Matthew Bannister on an economist, a cricketer, a Chilean President, a physicist, an actor
Prince, Ray Fitzwalter, Victoria Wood, June Jolly, Phil Sayer
Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an editor, a comedian, a nurse and an announcer.
Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson
Matthew Bannister on a playwright, a drug smuggler, an illustrator and a country singer.
Mother Angelica, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, DJ Derek, Doreen Massey and Joe Medicine Crow
Matthew Bannister on a nun, a German politician, a DJ, a geographer, a native American.
Dame Zaha Hadid, Ronnie Corbett, General Meir Dagan, Joan Loraine, Gary Shandling
Matthew Bannister on an architect, two comedians, a Mossad chief, a gardener.
Paul Daniels, Anita Brookner, Sylvia Anderson, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Cliff Michelmore
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.
George Martin, Nancy Reagan, Ray Tomlinson, Gillian Avery
Reeta Chakrabarti on a music producer, a US first lady, an internet pioneer and an author.
Tony Warren, Louise Rennison, Lord Chorley, George Kennedy, John Chilton
Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Norman Hudis, Antonin Scalia, Harper Lee
Matthew Bannister on a UN Secretary General, an editor, a screenwriter, a judge
Marvin Minsky, Margaret Forster, Peter Powell, Sir Brian Tovey, Joe Alaskey
Matthew Bannister on a computer scientist, a writer, a kite inventor, a GCHQ director
Terry Wogan, Lord Lucan, Frank Finlay, Denise St Aubyn Hubbard, Maurice White
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an earl, an actor, a sailor, a musician
Lord Parkinson, Bill Mitchell, Paddy Doherty, Henry Worsley, Dr Gladys-Marie Fry
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist
Glenn Frey, Lord Weidenfeld, Jeanne Cordova, Haskell Wexler, Gilbert Kaplan.
Matthew Bannister on a rock star, a publisher, a lesbian campaigner, a cinematographer.
David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Olwyn Hughes and Ed Stewart
Matthew Bannister on a rock star, an actor, a literary agent, a DJ
Robert Stigwood, Patricia Torrens, Pierre Boulez, Lord Ezra, Natalie Cole
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Eric Tomlinson, Elsie Tu, Peter Dickinson, Lillian Vernon and Lemmy
Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician.
Some of the most memorable lives of the past twelve months
A scientist, a diver, a marchioness and a singer - memorable lives from 2015 are recalled.
Mick Murphy, Ahmed Chalabi, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Brajraj Mahapatra and Holly Woodlawn
Matthew Bannister on a cyclist, a politician, a singer, a king, an actress.
Marcus Klingberg, William McIlvanney, Setsuko Hara, Joel Elkes and John Peel
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
General Sir Robert Ford, Hazel Adair, Jane Wardle, Gerry Byrne and P.F Sloan
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Peter Dimmock, Alix d'Unienville, Yolanda Sonnabend, Maggie Eales and George Barris
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Roy Dommett, Warren Mitchell, Allen Toussaint, Cynthia Payne and Jonah Lomu
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Helmut Schmidt, Pat Eddery, Julia Jones, Lord Noon and Nat Peck
Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.
Norman Moore, Diane Charlemagne, Professor David Cesarani, Colin Welland and Peter Donaldson
Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a singer, an historian, an actor, a newsreader
Professor Lisa Jardine, Philip French, Ronnie Massarella, Maureen O'Hara
Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star
General John Galvin, Joan Leslie, Michael Meacher, Howard Kendall, Jerry Parr and Coleridge Goode
Matthew Bannister on a general, an actress, an MP, a football manager and a bodyguard.
Geoffrey Howe, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, Joe Henson, Hugh Scully and Alexander Faris
Julian Worricker on a politician, a journalist, a farmer, a TV presenter and a composer.
Lord Denis Healey, Carmen Balcells, Henning Mankell, Revd Kenneth Leech and Captain Bob Arnott
Lucy Ash on a politician, a literary agent, a crime writer, a QE2 captain and a churchman.
Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, Tessa Ransford, John Guillermin, Ben Cauley
Matthew Bannister talks about a playwright, a general, a poet and a director.
Brian Sewell, Jackie Collins, Ted Smith CBE, PJ Kavanagh, Yogi Berra
Matthew Bannister on an art critic, a novelist, a naturalist, a poet and a baseball player
Sir David Willcocks, Merv Adelson, Mariem Hassan, Brian Close, Beryl Renwick
Matthew Bannister on a choirmaster, a producer, a singer, a cricketer, a radio presenter.
Sir Adrian Cadbury, Rico Rodriguez, Ieng Thirith, Margaret Harrison, Judy Carne
Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a trombonist, a Khmer Rouge leader, a charity founder.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Joy Beverley, Oliver Sacks, Annette Worsley-Taylor
Matthew Bannister talks about a peer, a singer, a neurologist and a fashion promoter.
Bernie Passingham, Christopher Marshall, Wayne Carson, Michael Turk, Marie Dobbs, Yvonne Craig
Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author.
Khaled al-Asaad, Jazz Summers, Jack Gold, Manual Contreras, Dawn Wofford
Lucy Ash on an archaeologist, a music manager, a director, a show jumper and a general.
David Nobbs, Frances Kelsey, Kyril Zinovieff, Elio Fiorucci, Harry Pitch
Reeta Chakrabarti on a writer, a scientist, a spy, a fashion designer and a musician.
Cilla Black, Michael Kidson, APJ Abdul Kalam, Evelyn Gillan, George Cole
Matthew Bannister discusses a singer, a teacher, a president, a campaigner and an actor.
Nova Pilbeam, Reverend Owen Chadwick, Jon Vickers, Yoichiro Nambu, Nick Ryman
Matthew Bannister on a historian, a tenor, a physicist, an actress, a vigneron
Rev Joyce Bennett, Prince Saud al-Faisal, Burt Shavitz, Michael Oliver, Ian Allan
Matthew Bannister on a priest, a foreign minister, a beekeeper and a medical professor.
Omar Sharif, Stanley 'Steve' Moore, Jules Wright, Yevgeny Primakov, Ernest Tomlinson
Matthew Bannister on an actor, a detective, a director, a politician and a composer.
Sir Nicholas Winton, Val Doonican, Nek Chand, James Salter, Lady Rozelle Raynes
Matthew Bannister on a humanitarian, a singer, an artist, a writer and an aristocrat.
Sir Chris Woodhead, Patrick Macnee, Dame Anne Warburton, Vic Mayhew, James Horner
Matthew Bannister on a school inspector, an actor, a diplomat, a subeditor and a composer.
Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, Süleyman Demirel and Doris Hart
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a musician, a writer, a president and a tennis player.
Christopher Lee, Marguerite Patten, James Last, Major Roy Homard, Ron Moody
Andrea Catherwood on two actors, a polar explorer, a cookery writer and a musician.
Tariq Aziz, Charles Kennedy, Julie Harris, Alan Bond, Peter Cropper
The lives of two politicians, a costume designer, an entrepreneur and a violinist.