Profile
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
The political disruptor
Jon Moynihan: The flamboyant businessman who played a key role in Brexit