Theodore Zeldin
Philosopher
Theodore Zeldin is an Oxford academic, and the author of numerous works of non-fiction including Conversations, An Intimate History of Humanity and The Hidden Pleasures of Life.
Amongst his awards and honours he is a Commander of the Légion d’Honneur, a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a C.B.E., and has won the Wolfson Prize, Britain's top literary award for History.