A famous African author, a plotter against Hitler, a horror writer, an actor and an illustrator

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Matthew Bannister on: Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, thought to be the last surviving member of the 20th July plot against Adolf Hitler. The actor Frank Thornton - who had a varied stage career but was best known as Captain Peacock in the TV sitcom Are You Being Served. James Herbert, the best selling author of horror stories like The Rats and The Fog. And the children's book illustrator Barbara Firth, who enchanted both parents and children with her work on "Can't You Sleep Little Bear".