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Charles Dickens
Writer Edward Blishen imagines friendship with the fervent genius Charles Dickens

Mary Kingsley
Edna Healey imagines meeting Mary Kingsley, pioneering Victorian scientist and explorer

Khrushchev
What was Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the cold war, like?

Haydn
British conductor Jane Glover imagines meeting Austrian composer Joseph Haydn

David Lloyd George
British trade union leader Clive Jenkin chooses Liberal politician David Lloyd George

Francis Bacon
Lord Asa Briggs chooses English philosopher statesman and scientist Francis Bacon