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Back to SearchYusuf Cat Stevens, musician
Yusuf Cat Stevens is a singer-songwriter who first enjoyed success more than 50 years ago.
He was born Steven Demetre Georgiou in July 1948. His Gre…
5 years, 6 months ago
Bernardine Evaristo, writer
Bernardine Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel, Girl, Woman, Other. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London.…
5 years, 6 months ago
Your Desert Island Discs
Listeners choose the music that has been special to them during the weeks of lockdown. With Jane Moss, Hugh Mullally, Ailish Douglas, Professor Jaso…
5 years, 7 months ago
Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate
Maria Balshaw is the Director of Tate, overseeing four major art galleries: Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate Modern and Tate St Ives.
Maria was born…
5 years, 7 months ago
Steve Backshall, explorer
Steve Backshall is an explorer, naturalist and broadcaster.
His BAFTA-winning programmes bring viewers of every generation closer to nature – from …
5 years, 7 months ago
Sharon Horgan, writer, actor, producer
Sharon Horgan is a writer, actor and producer best known for co-writing and co-starring in the Channel 4 series Catastrophe with US comedian Rob Dela…
5 years, 8 months ago
Annie Nightingale, DJ
Annie Nightingale was BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter and is its longest-serving DJ, celebrating her 50th anniversary at the station this year.
B…
5 years, 8 months ago
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO
Jens Stoltenberg is the Secretary General of NATO and a former Prime Minister of Norway.
Although he was born into a political family in Norway, he g…
5 years, 8 months ago
Helen Fielding, author
Helen Fielding, writer and journalist, is best known for creating Bridget Jones, who first appeared in a newspaper column in the Independent in 1995,…
5 years, 8 months ago
Helen McCrory, actress
Helen McCrory shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would want to take with her if cast away to a desert island.
Helen McCrory OBE is one of t…
5 years, 9 months ago