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Using his adopted middle name Menzies as an initial, Scottish novelist Iain Banks wrote science fiction under the name I... View More

Using his adopted middle name Menzies as an initial, Scottish novelist Iain Banks wrote science fiction under the name Iain M. Banks and mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks. He started writing full-time when The Wasp Factory (1984) became successful. The Culture series began in 1987 with his debut science fiction book, Consider Phlebas. Television, radio, and theatre have all adapted his books. Banks was listed as one of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" by The Times in 2008. View Less

Grace Georgina Dent is an author, broadcaster, and columnist from Britain. In addition to writing a restaurant column fo... View More

Grace Georgina Dent is an author, broadcaster, and columnist from Britain. In addition to writing a restaurant column for the Evening Standard from 2011 to 2017, she is a restaurant critic for The Guardian. She has been on the television show Very British Problems on Channel 4 and is a frequent critic on the BBC's MasterChef. View Less

Duncan MacNaughton, William At the FINA World Aquatics Championships, LEN European Aquatics Championships, European Game... View More

Duncan MacNaughton, William At the FINA World Aquatics Championships, LEN European Aquatics Championships, European Games, Olympic Games, and Commonwealth Games, Scott, a Scottish swimmer, competes for Great Britain. Scott became Great Britain's most decorated swimmer in Olympic history and won four medals in Tokyo 2020, more than any other British athlete at a single Olympic Games. View Less

British politician Daniel Robert Kawczynski served as a member of the Conservative Party. In addition to being a member ... View More

British politician Daniel Robert Kawczynski served as a member of the Conservative Party. In addition to being a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Prime Minister David Cameron's Special Advisor on Central and Eastern Europe and Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom, Kawczynski has held positions as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, parliamentary aide to former Welsh Secretary David Jones, and more. In a historic electoral landslide for Labour in the Shrewsbury constituency on July 4, 2024, Kawczynski lost to Julia Buckley. View Less