Authors, novelists and book authors
- Kim Gilmour - author of teen novel 'Drive to Nowhere'
- Mark Thomas - author of an expose on the arms trade
- Tony Hawks - hitch-hiked around Ireland with a fridge for a bet
- Dave Gorman - travelled the world hunting namesakes
- Simon Singh - explained the quest to prove Fermat's Last Theorem
- Kevin Duffy - author of the novel 'Anthills and Stars'
- Christopher Snowden - author of a history of the antismoking lobby
- Lazz Hewings - writing a book about British Pubs and the people who use them
