Debrett's has been speaking to members of People of Today to find out what inspires and motivates them. Each week a different Person of Today will be posed the same set of twelve quickfire questions. From memorable mentors to final meals, the answers reveal what drives these inspiring individuals, and how they got to where they are today.
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Kelly Hoppen, MBE
Designer and Owner, Kelly Hoppen Interiors -
David Harewood
Actor -
Ollie Dabbous
Chef and Owner, Dabbous -
Sonia Blandford
Founder and CEO, Achievement for All 3As -
Malorie Blackman, OBE
Children's Laureate -
Bola Agbaje
Playwright -
Ewan Venters
CEO, Fortnum and Mason -
Tony Robinson
Actor, presenter and children's author -
Sach Kukadia
Co-Founder and Director of Buying, Secret Sales -
Keith Schilling
Chairman and Senior Partner, Schillings -
Craig Glenday
Editor-in-Chief, Guinness World Records -
Hilary Devey
Founder, Chief Executive and Chairman, Pall-Ex -
Alan Titchmarsh
Gardener and Broadcaster -
Loyd Grossman
Presenter, gastronome and musician -
Michael Pitfield
Business Mentor and Executive Coach -
Herbert Berger
Chef -
Michael Hayman, MBE
Co-founder, Seven Hills -
Paterson Joseph
Actor -
Terry Jones
Actor, Director, Historian -
Patrick Kniveton
Head of Engineering, Rolls Royce -
Fleur Adcock
Poet -
Sir Ciarán Devane
Chief Executive, the British Council -
Paul A. Young
Chocolatier -
Neil Mendoza
Businessman, Entrepeneur -
Tim Pigott-Smith
Actor, Author -
Professor Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr.
Astronomer -
Lizzy Yarnold, MBE
Skeleton racer -
Rosalie Craig
Actor -
Timothy Everest, MBE
Designer, Tailor -
Stephen K Amos
Comedian, Actor -
Bear Grylls
Explorer, Adventurer, Chief Scout -
Karen Blackett, OBE
Chairwoman, MediaCom UK -
Anna Watkins, MBE
Rower, Olympian -
Daniel Doherty
Chef -
David Harsent
Poet -
Prue Leith, CBE
Restaurateur, Journalist, Novelist -
Melvyn Bragg
Writer and broadcaster -
Paul Farley
Poet -
Clifford Beal
Author and consultant -
Adrian Brady
Founder and CEO, Eulogy -
James Stevens Curl
Architectural Historian -
Paul Gambaccini
Radio and television presenter -
Michael Fordham, QC
QC Blackstone Chambers -
Gay Haines
Founder, Grace Blue -
David Gandy
Model -
Shami Chakrabarti
Director, Liberty -
Laurence Anholt
Author and Illustrator -
Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Tennis Player -
Joe Wicks
The Body Coach -
Constantine Louloudis
Team GB Rower
