By the numbers: 91

Columnists are typically among the most widely read writers at any newspaper. The Sun is no diff erent. Unlike reporters, who must take an objective approach to their stories, columnists are free to opine, to make jokes, to be funny or sarcastic and to throw in personal anecdotes. Over the years,

The Sun has had 91 columnists, many of them award winners. But the most decorated of them all, in terms of National Newspaper Awards, is business columnist David Baines, who won NNAS in 1989, 1998, 2000 and 2005.