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A sitcom favourite, a philosopher of law, a founder of Scottish skiing and a singer-songwriter
Matthew Bannister remembers Richard Briers, Ronald Dworkin, Eileen Fuchs and Kevin Ayers.
A table tennis champion, a zoo vet, a make-up artist, a radio presenter and a trombonist
Remembering Zhuang Zedong, David Taylor, Stuart Freeborn, Patricia Hughes and Paul Tanner.
A New York mayor, a Navy Seal, an anti-apartheid activist, a toymaker, a rock musician and an English king
Matthew Bannister on Amina Cachalia, Reg Presley, Chris Kyle, Andre Cassagnes, Richard III
An architect, a fox hunter, a publisher, a star of musicals, a pioneering sociologist and the last surviving Andrews Sister
On John Hopkins, Lizbeth Webb, Peter Carson, Mary McIntosh and Migs Greenall.
A human rights activist, a film director, an agony aunt, a laser pioneer and a culinary star
Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart.
A broadcaster, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, medical missionary, Nobel-winning economist and nun-turned-sex-columnist
Matthew Bannister on Robert Kee, Claude Nobs, George Patterson and James Buchanan.
A Nobel-winning scientist, a French mountaineer, a sociologist, a former BBC DG and the voice of Listen With Mother
Matthew Bannister on Alasdair Milne, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Maurice Herzog, Stanley Cohen.
An American General, a legendary radio producer, a former Times editor, a British composer, a cricket commentator
Matthew Bannister on General Norman Schwarzkopf, Charles Chilton, Lord Rees Mogg and more.
A Russian opera diva, a famous British housebuilder, a reluctant union leader and a '60s trendsetter called 'Mr Freedom'
Matthew Bannister on Sir Lawrie Barratt, Galina Vishnevskaya, Jack Hart and Tommy Roberts.
An astronomer, a sitar player, a surgeon, an engineer, a singer and a newsreader
Matthew Bannister on Ravi Shankar, Joseph Murray, Sir Patrick Moore and Alex Moulton.
