Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson's career as car reviewer and BBC Top
Gear presenter has made motoring into show business,
but he has earned himself the description of an "equal
opportunities loudmouth" for his opinionated commentary
on all aspects of life, appearing weekly in The Sunday
Times.

Simon Barnes
Simon Barnes is the multi-award-winning chief
sportswriter at The Times. He also writes a Saturday
column on wildlife. His 15 books include three novels
and the best-selling How To Be A Bad Birdwatcher. His
latest, The Meaning of Sport, was published last autumn.
He lives in Suffolk with his family and five horses.

Daniel Finkelstein
Daniel Finkelstein is a weekly columnist and Comment
Editor of The Times. His blog, Comment Central, is a personal
round up of the best political opinion on the web. Before
joining the paper in 2001, he was adviser to both Prime
Minister John Major and Conservative leader William Hague.

David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch is a writer, broadcaster and
commentator on international politics and the media. He
writes for The Times Comment page on Tuesdays. He
has previously written for The Guardian, The Observer
and The Independent, winning numerous accolades,
including Columnist of the Year 2003 and the 2001
Orwell prize for journalism. He has appeared on the
satirical TV current affairs programme Have I Got News
For You and made radio broadcasts on historical topics.

Camilla Cavendish
Camilla Cavendish has been a McKinsey management
consultant, an aid worker, and CEO of a not-for-profit
company. She is now a leader writer and columnist on
The Times

Tim Hames
Tim Hames joined The Times in 1999 and is a columnist
and Chief Leader Writer. He was previously a lecturer in
American and British Politics at Oxford University.

Mick Hume
Mick Hume joined The Times in 2003, and his weekly
Notebook column appears on Fridays. He is also the editor
of www.spiked-online.com, the online descendant of Living
Marxism, the magazine he launched in 1988 but which folded
in 2000. Despite growing up in Woking, he is a Manchester
United fan and has a season ticket at Old Trafford.

Michael Gove
Michael Gove is Conservative MP for Surrey Heath. He
worked on The Times from 1995-2005. He makes regular
appearances on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and The
Late Review on BBC2, and has written a biography of
Michael Portillo.

Janice Turner
Janice Turner joined The Times in 2003 from The Guardian, and writes mainly, but not exclusively, on family matters and women's issues. Her column appears on Saturdays.

Graham Stewart
Graham Stewart has written the Past Notes column for The Times since November 2005. He is the author of Burying Caesar: Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party and The History of The Times: The Murdoch Years. His next book Friendship and Betrayal is due to be published in April 2007. He is 36 and lives in London.

Jane Shilling
Jane Shilling's column appears in the paper every Friday. She lives in Greenwich and recently published a memoir The Fox in the Cupboard.
