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A famous African author, a plotter against Hitler, a horror writer, an actor and an illustrator
Matthew Bannister remembers Chinua Achebe, James Herbert, Frank Thornton and Barbara Firth
A Swedish princess, a Khmer Rouge leader, a sports commentator, an HIV/Aids counsellor, and a blues-rock guitarist
Matthew Bannister on Ieng Sary, Princess Lilian of Sweden, Tony Gubba and John Shine.
A president, a jazz trumpeter, an economist, a socialite and codebreaker and a conductor
John Wilson on Hugo Chavez, Kenny Ball, William Letwin, Sarah Baring, Wolfgang Sawallisch.
A train robber, an actress, an animator, a TV executive and a human rights activist
John Wilson on Bruce Reynolds, Elspet Gray, Bob Godfrey, Denis Forman, Stéphane Hessel.
A sitcom favourite, a philosopher of law, a founder of Scottish skiing and a singer-songwriter
Matthew Bannister remembers Richard Briers, Ronald Dworkin, Eileen Fuchs and Kevin Ayers.
A table tennis champion, a zoo vet, a make-up artist, a radio presenter and a trombonist
Remembering Zhuang Zedong, David Taylor, Stuart Freeborn, Patricia Hughes and Paul Tanner.
A New York mayor, a Navy Seal, an anti-apartheid activist, a toymaker, a rock musician and an English king
Matthew Bannister on Amina Cachalia, Reg Presley, Chris Kyle, Andre Cassagnes, Richard III
An architect, a fox hunter, a publisher, a star of musicals, a pioneering sociologist and the last surviving Andrews Sister
On John Hopkins, Lizbeth Webb, Peter Carson, Mary McIntosh and Migs Greenall.
A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star
Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart.
A broadcaster, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, medical missionary, Nobel-winning economist and nun-turned-sex-columnist
Matthew Bannister on Robert Kee, Claude Nobs, George Patterson and James Buchanan.
