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Christopher Hitchens
English American author and journalist (1949–2011)
Elif Şafak
Turkish writer (born 1971)
Martin Amis
British novelist

Hilary Mantel
British writer (1952–2022)
Karen Armstrong
author and comparative religion scholar from Great Britain
Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)

Bernardine Evaristo
British author and academic (1959-)

William Boyd
Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)

Mark Haddon
English writer and illustrator

Paul Johnson
journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)

Simon Callow
British actor
Will Self
English writer and journalist (born 1961)
Cyril Connolly
British author (1903–1974)

Jonathan Coe
English novelist
Michael Morpurgo
British children's writer
Mehdi Hasan
British-American journalist (born 1979)
Tracey Thorn
British singer (born 1962)
Simon Armitage
British poet, playwright, and novelist (born 1963)

V. S. Pritchett
British writer and critic (1900–1997)
Adam Tooze
British historian
Andrew Marr
British journalist
Richard Crossman
British Labour Party politician, author and editor (1907-1974)
Eimear McBride
Irish writer
Olivia Laing
British writer
Tim Parks
British writer
Helen Macdonald
British writer
James Fenton
British poet; (born 1949)

Hugh Greene
British television executive (1910–1987)
Gavin Maxwell
British naturalist (1914–1969)
John Freeman
British politician (1915-2014)
Jeremy Bowen
British journalist and television presenter
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
British politician, academic and journalist (born 1963)
Auberon Waugh
English author
Suzanne Moore
English journalist

Hunter Davies
author, journalist and broadcaster,

Grace Blakeley
British economic & political pundit (1993-)
Desmond MacCarthy
British literary critic (1877–1952)
Helen Lewis
British journalist
Karl Miller
British journalist (1931–2014)
Andrew Hussey
British cultural historian and biographer

Erica Wagner
American author and critic
Anthony Howard
British journalist, broadcaster and writer (1934–2010)
Amanda Craig
novelist
Ian Hargreaves
British academic