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Peter Avery - Persian scholar and orientalist; Fellow of King's College, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 8th June 2008 wikipidia entry

Gillian Beer - Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University; literary critic interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 26th January 2009 wikipidia entry

Frank Kermode - Julian Clarence Levi Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Columbia University; Emeritus Professor at Cambridge University; Fellow of King's College, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 19th February 2008 wikipidia entry

George Steiner - Professor of comparative literature, writer and critic interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 23rd July 2007 wikipidia entry

Toshi Takamiya - Professor of Literature at Keio University, Japan interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 19th October 2009