David Gascoyne

(1916-2001)

Surrealist poet

Richard Dawkins

(born 1941)

British biological theorist

Bill Drummond

(born 1953)

Music industry figure, writer and artist

Harold Pinter

(1930–2008)

British playwright

Michael Moorcock

(born 1939)

English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy

Jah Wobble

(born 1958)

English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer

Peter Whitehead

(born 1937)

English filmmaker

Dave Mckean

(born 1963)

English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician

Peter Ackroyd

(born 1949)

English novelist and biographer

Allen Ginsberg

(1926-1997)

American poet

Howard Marks

(born 1945)

Drug smuggler and author

Harry Kunzru

(born 1969)

British novelist and journalist