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Back to SearchSathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera is a best-selling writer and journalist. He grew up in Wolverhampton to Punjabi parents in a home where, in his words, “no one read …
2 years, 2 months ago
Professor Sue Black
Professor Lady Sue Black is one of the world’s leading forensic scientists. She says “I have never been spooked by the dead. It is the living who ter…
2 years, 2 months ago
David Mitchell
David Mitchell is the author of nine time-traversing, genre-bending novels. His first, Ghostwritten, was published 25 years ago, and his third, Cloud…
2 years, 3 months ago
John Krebs
John Krebs is a zoologist who has specialised in the behaviour of birds. Although he was the son of a Nobel prize-winning chemist, ornithology was a …
2 years, 3 months ago
Helena Newman
Helena Newman has many strings to her bow, She is the Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and the Worldwide Head of Impressionist & Modern Art. She is one o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Mark Cousins - Sound of Cinema Sunday
Michael Berkeley’s guest is the film-maker, producer and writer Mark Cousins. His documentary work includes The Story of Film, an epic 900-minute jou…
2 years, 4 months ago
Michael Winterbottom
Michael Winterbottom is one of Britain’s most prolific and eclectic film directors: his work encompasses political thrillers and pop culture, reworki…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ray Cooper
The percussionist Ray Cooper is often referred to as the ‘father of rock and roll percussion’. He is renowned for his exuberant stage presence and fo…
2 years, 4 months ago
Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh worked in a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow before she took the plunge to become a writer, bursting onto the scene in 2002 with her priz…
2 years, 5 months ago
Neil Hannon
Neil Hannon is a singer, songwriter and the driving force behind the band The Divine Comedy, which he founded in 1989. Along with hit singles such as…
2 years, 5 months ago