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Back to SearchJacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK
Lauren Laverne’s castaway this week is Jacqueline de Rojas, the President of techUK, the body that represents 900 companies in the technology sector.…
7 years ago
Marlon James, writer
Marlon James is a writer who won the Man Booker Prize in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel which centres on an attempt to assassina…
7 years ago
Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster and campaigner
Dame Esther Rantzen is best known as the presenter of the long-running TV series That’s Life, which began on BBC One in 1973. She was both presenter…
7 years ago
Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser
Trevor Sorbie is known as an innovative hairdresser and is the founder of the charity, MyNewHair.
Born into a family of hairdressers – both his fathe…
7 years ago
Margaret MacMillan, historian
Professor Margaret MacMillan is a Canadian historian, author and broadcaster. In 2018 she delivered the Reith Lectures on BBC Radio 4, in which she …
7 years, 1 month ago
Ann Cleeves, writer
Ann Cleeves is a crime writer best known for two series of novels, both of which have been adapted for television. Vera, for ITV, features her detect…
7 years, 1 month ago
Cressida Dick, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
Cressida Dick is Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
She was born in 1960, the youngest child of two university professors. Her parents divorced …
7 years, 1 month ago
Bob Mortimer, comedian
Bob Mortimer is a comedian best known for his work with his comedy partner Vic Reeves. For 30 years, he and Vic have appeared in numerous TV series t…
7 years, 1 month ago
Wendy Cope, poet
Wendy Cope is one of England’s most popular and widely-read contemporary poets.
Wendy was born in Erith, Kent. Her father was 29 years older than her…
7 years, 2 months ago
James Rebanks, shepherd and writer
James Rebanks is a shepherd and the best-selling author of The Shepherd’s Life.
Born in Cumbria in 1974, he grew up venerating his grandfather, who t…
7 years, 2 months ago