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Back to SearchEllie Simmonds, swimmer
Ellie Simmonds has competed at four Paralympic Games, winning five gold medals and breaking world records on the way. She first came to national atte…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bradley Walsh, presenter and actor
Bradley Walsh is a familiar face to many millions of TV viewers, as the host of quiz shows including The Chase and Blankety-Blank, and as an actor in…
3 years, 9 months ago
Fiona Hill, foreign affairs specialist
Fiona Hill is a foreign affairs specialist who advised Presidents George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. She came to wider public attention i…
3 years, 9 months ago
Desert Island Discoveries
Lauren shares handpicked gems from the Desert Island Discs back-catalogue with Radio 1 presenter Vick Hope, including Bob Mortimer, Maya Angelou, Joe…
3 years, 10 months ago
Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Unaids
Winnie Byanyima is a human rights advocate and executive director of Unaids, the joint UN Programme which was set up to eradicate Aids as a threat to…
3 years, 11 months ago
Alan Cumming, actor
Alan Cumming's wide-ranging career on stage includes playing Hamlet, starring opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and – perhaps mos…
3 years, 11 months ago
Robert Plant, singer and songwriter
Robert Plant is a singer and songwriter who was Led Zeppelin’s frontman from the band’s inception in 1968 until it disbanded in 1980. Led Zeppelin s…
3 years, 11 months ago
Oti Mabuse, dancer
Oti Mabuse is a dancer, choreographer and TV talent show judge. She has enjoyed great success on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing and is one of onl…
3 years, 11 months ago
Professor Nick Webborn, Chair of the British Paralympic Association
Professor Nick Webborn has chaired the British Paralympic Association since 2017. He is a world-leading expert on Paralympic sports medicine and the …
4 years, 1 month ago
Anne Tyler, writer
Anne Tyler is a novelist and short story writer. Her 23 novels include the Accidental Tourist, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant and the Pulitzer Pr…
4 years, 1 month ago