AC 2020
MP (L) Warringah, New South Wales, 1994–2019; Prime Minister of Australia, 2013–15; Leader of the Liberal Party, Australia, 2009–15
AC 2020
MP (L) Warringah, New South Wales, 1994–2019; Prime Minister of Australia, 2013–15; Leader of the Liberal Party, Australia, 2009–15
PC 2016; MP (Lab) Hackney North and Stoke Newington, since 1987
MBE 1990
journalist and broadcaster, since 1986; Chief Executive: Project Parity, 1996; Project Parity Partnerships for Peace, since 2005; Senior Partner: Eyecatcher Associates, since 1986; Shevolution, since 1998; specialist in post-conflict reconstruction, since 1999
Member of the Dáil (TD) (SF) Louth, since 2011; President, Sinn Féin, 1983–2018 (Vice-President, 1978–83)
PC 2009; Vice Chairman, European Movement, since 2018
Assistant Prison Chaplain, HM Prison Pentonville, since 2018; Assistant Curate, St Matthew’s, Westminster, since 2018; Chaplain, Christians in Government, 2020
European Editor, World Intelligence Review (formerly Intelligence Quarterly), since 1985
Secretary General, Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, 2015–18 (President, UK section, 2009–18; Chair, Congress Commission, 2012–15)
Chairman, Banner Ethical Investment Fund, 1999–2011; Chairman and Director, Merseyside Special Investment Fund, 2001–06; Professor of Citizenship, 1997–2016, and Director, 1997–2016, Roscoe Foundation for Citizenship (formerly Foundation for Citizenship), Liverpool John Moores University (Hon. Fellow, 2016)
CH 2016
PC 2003; Master, University College, Oxford, since 2020
Director, Social Affairs Unit, 1980–2004
Presenter, Afternoon Edition, BBC Radio 5 Live, since 2016
Member (SNP), Renfrewshire South, Scottish Parliament, since 2016
self-employed writer, lecturer, broadcaster, curator and antiques expert, since 1981
CH 1992; PC 1984
Chairman, Graphite Resources plc, 2007–12
FSAScot
Chairman, Perthshire Housing Association, 2003–09 (Director, since 1994)
OBE 2002; FBA 1998; FSA
Editor, Book Collector, 1965–2015, now Consultant Editor