Among this month’s contributors

Duncan Campbell (p22)

was the Guardian’s crime correspondent and LA correspondent. He has worked for City Limits, Time Out and LBC. His books include If It Bleeds and The Underworld.

Simon Jenkins (p20)

was Chairman of the National Trust and editor of the Times and the Evening Standard. His new book, Europe’s Hundred Best Cathedrals, is out on 4th November (Penguin).

Martin Bell (p28)

was at the BBC from 1962 to 1997. He was diplomatic correspondent, Washington correspondent and Berlin correspondent. He was independent MP for Tatton, 1997-2001.

Roger Mortimer (1909-91) (p30)

wrote Dear Lupin: Letters to a Wayward Son (2012). He served with the Coldstream Guards in the Second World War. He was the Sunday Times racing correspondent, 1947-75.