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Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton
Shappi Khorsandi chooses Emma, Lady Hamilton Lord Nelson鈥檚 mistress.
Matt Lucas on Freddie Mercury
Matt Lucas chooses Freddie Mercury
Rohan Silva on Colin Chapman
Matthew Parris profiles the inventor of the car that changed the face of Formula One
Suzanne O'Sullivan on Oliver Sacks
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks is Suzanne O'Sullivan's hero, she tells Matthew Parris
Nikesh Shukla on the Great Gama
The Great Gama, the strongest man in the world, championed by author Nikesh Shukla.
Mark Steel on Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin wasn鈥檛 funny but a political rebel. Mark Steel nominates him as his hero.
Tim Smit on Humphrey Jennings
Eden Project founder chooses documentary maker and artist Humphrey Jennings
Russell Kane on Evelyn Waugh
Comedian Russell Kane nominates novelist Evelyn Waugh.
Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed
Vera Brittain
Baroness Shirley Williams discusses her mother, the feminist and pacifist Vera Brittain.
