Nikesh Shukla on the Great Gama
Ghulam Mohammad, or the Great Gama Pehlwan as he was more commonly known, was a Muslim wrestler born into a Kashmir family in India in 1878. When writer Nikesh Shukla first came across him in a book a...
1 Jan 201927min
Sathnam Sanghera on Alexander Gardner
Author and Journalist Sathnam Sanghera nominates a Great Life; a man dismissed as a fantasist and a liar in his own lifetime. Alexander Gardner was a Scottish-American soldier, a traveller, an explore...
28 Des 201827min
Mark Steel on Charlie Chaplin
Mark Steel makes the case for Charlie Chaplin being one of the most radical comedians of his time. He reckons it's sad that most see Chaplin as that bloke who wore a bowler hat, had a funny walk, wave...
25 Des 201827min
Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings
Tim Smit has admired Humphrey Jennings since seeing Danny Boyle’s Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2012. Jennings was a film maker, artist, and co-founder of the Mass Observation Movement. Many of the sce...
19 Des 201827min
Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh
Comedian Russell Kane nominates novelist, Evelyn Waugh. One of the greatest prose stylists of 20th century literature, not to mention one of the funniest, Waugh also has a reputation for being a sno...
11 Des 201827min
Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
In the summer of 2018, the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder was erased from a children's literary medal set up in her honour six decades ago. Readers of the 'Little House on the Prairie' series of books w...
4 Des 201830min
Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto made history when, aged 35, she became the first democratically elected female Prime Minister of a Muslim majority country. Her family are one of world’s most famous political dynasties...
25 Sep 201827min
Helen Glover on Alison Hargreaves
Olympic rower Helen Glover champions the life of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves. Alison's short life was defined by her love of the mountains. She became interested in climbing as a teenager and devot...
20 Sep 201827min
