Why are we so fascinated by lists? As a teenager I made lists endlessly. Lists of people mostly. My fifteen all-time Welsh rugby greats. The ten preachers I would most like to hear. It’s a game that many people play. And the BBC is playing it at the moment. Last year the BBC carried out a poll of 30,000 people and asked them to nominate the Greatest Britons of all time. The resulting list of “the 100 Greatest Britons” has been published. …
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