23. Daniel Finkelstein

He is a former executive editor of The Times and remains a weekly political columnist. He is a former chairman of Policy Exchange. He is chair of the think tank Onward. He was made a member of the House of Lords in August 2013, sitting as a Conservative.

24. David Baddiel

In 2004, Baddiel created and hosted Heresy, a BBC Radio 4 panel show that sees celebrity guests trying to overthrow popular prejudice and received wisdom.

25. Danny Cohen

He was previously the Director of BBC Television from 2013 to 2015. Before that, he was the Controller of BBC One for three years, the BBC's principal television channel in the United Kingdom and the youngest person to be appointed as controller of the channel.

26. Angela Epstein

Angela Epstein is a freelance journalist, broadcaster and social commentator who has been working in the media for over 25 years.

27. Jon Ronson

He has published nine books and his work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, City Life and Time Out. He has made several BBC Television documentary films and two documentary series for Channel 4.

28. Howard Jacobson

He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. In February 2011 Jacobson appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

29. Will Self

Self is a contributor to the BBC Radio 4 programme A Point of View, to which he contributes radio essays. In 2013, Self took part in discussions about becoming the inaugural BBC Radio 4 Writer-in-Residence, but later withdrew.

30. Melanie Phillips

Phillips has appeared as a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Moral Maze and BBC One's Question Time. She was awarded the Orwell Prize for Journalism in 1996, while she was writing for The Observer.

31. Laurie Penny

In April 2011, Penny presented the Channel 4 Dispatches programme 'Cashing in on Degrees' and also appeared on Channel 4's satirical current affairs programme 10 O'Clock Live and on BBC Two's Newsnight.

32. Maureen Lipman

In May 2008, she appeared in the BBC documentary series Comedy Map of Britain. On Sunday 11 January 2009, BBC Four was devoted to a 'Maureen Lipman Night'. On 5 February 2009, she appeared in the third series of teen drama Skins.

33. Jonathan Freedland

He presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series The Long View. Freedland also writes thrillers, mainly under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, and has written a play, Jews In Their Own Words, performed in 2022 at the Royal Court Theatre, London.