After Dinner Speakers: Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Lisa Faulkner, The Shamen

A good schoolboy cricketer who also played for the Surrey second XI, he was encouraged by E W Swanton, joining the Cricketer magazine as his assistant editor. From there he joined the BBC Sports News department and was appointed BBC cricket correspondent in succession to Brian Johnston in 1973. In 1980 he left the BBC to become editor of the Cricketer, but returned in 1985, combining both roles until he joined the Daily Telegraph as their cricket correspondent in 1990. Eight years later he moved to the Times. Christopher is sometimes a disturbingly good mimic and is renowned for his poor time keeping, as he always tries to cram one more thing into an already overcrowded schedule.