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Helen Carr picks Christine de Pizan at the Gloucester history festival
Famous guests picks someone who has inspired their lives.
Alex Wheatle, the Bard of Brixton
Ashley John Baptiste chooses Alex Wheatle, author of the Crongton novels.
Spitfire pilot Jeffrey Quill picked by astronaut Tim Peake
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives.
Oliver Postgate
Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate.
Sylvia Plath
The writer Sylvia Plath, chosen by Lucy Jones.
Elizabeth Day on Hatshepsut
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
Comedian Stewart Lee on Derek Bailey
Stewart Lee chooses guitarist Derek Bailey.
Jock Stein, first British football manager to win the European Cup
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
Benjamin Franklin
Famous guests nominate lives they love or admire - today Benjamin Franklin.
Miles Jupp on JL Carr, author of A Month in the Country
Famous guests pick a life they love or admire.
