THE ARTISTICALLY TALENTED WHO MADE THE INVITATION CUT INCLUDED

ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY

David Bailey, Peter Blake, Richard Calvocoressi, Patrick Caulfield, Jasper Conran, Sebastian Conran, Spencer de Grey, Sir Philip Dowson PPRA, Nicole Farhi, Susan Ferleger Brades, Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Sir Terry Frost, Sheila Girling, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw RA, David Hockney, Sir Michael and Lady Hopkins, Professor Paul Huxley, Anish Kapoor, Professor Phillip King, Patrick Kinmonth, Paul Koralek, Betty Jackson, Professor Christopher Le Brun, The Earl of Lichfield, Stella McCartney, Bruce Mclean, Don McCullin, Professor Brendan Neiland RA, Nick Park, Julia Peyton-Jones, Tom Phillips, Mary Quant, Paula Rego, Ian Ritchie, Sir Nicholas Serota, Posy Simmonds, Lord Snowdon, Timothy Taylor, Sir Kyffin Williams RA.

DRAMA

Sir Timothy Ackroyd, Jane Asher, Dame Eileen Atkins, Lord Attenborough, Brenda Blethyn, Claire Bloom, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Bonneville, Saffron Burrows, Judy Campbell, Stephen Daldry, Joanna David, Gregory Doran, Sir Richard Eyre, Emilia Fox, James Fox, Stephen Frears, Sir Michael Gambon, Nickolas Grace, Sir Peter Hall, Sir David Hare, Nigel Havers, Patricia Hodge, Nicholas Hytner, Jude Kelly, Jonathan Kent, Sir Eddie Kulukundis, Lynda La Plante, Jane Lapotaire, Stephen Lawless, Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, Patrick Marber, Anna Massey, Sam Mendes, Sir John Mills, Adrian Noble, Trevor Nunn, Peter O'Toole, Neil Pearson, Sian Phillips, Ronald Pickup, David Poutney, Dougray Scott, Fiona Shaw, Harriet Walter, Deborah Warner.

COMEDY

John Bird, Craig Charles, Adrian Edmondson, Ben Elton, Terry Gilliam, Barry Humphries, Griff Rhys Jones, Penelope Keith, Jennifer Saunders, John Sessions, Meera Syal, Victoria Wood.

LITERATURE

Martin Amis, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Lady Rachel Billington, Jung Chang, Mavis Cheek, Louis de Bernieres, The Duchess of Devonshire, Nell Dunn, Sebastian Faulks, Lady Antonia Fraser, Jane Gardam, Josephine Hart, Susan Hill, Nick Hornby, PDJames, Doris Lessing, David Lodge, Blake Morrison, Sir John Mortimer, Andrew Motion, Ben Okri, Frances Partridge, Philip Pullman, JK Rowling, Vikram Seth, Claire Tomalin, Fay Weldon, Richard Wilson.

MUSIC

Sir Malcolm Arnold, Dame Josephine Barstow, Dame Shirley Bassey, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Julian Bream, Joe Brown, Kate Bush, Sir George Christie, Gus Christie, Johnny Dankworth, Keith Emerson, Miss Marianne Faithfull, Roland Gift, David Gilmour, Raymond Gubbay, Tony Hadley, Mick Hucknall, Stephen Isserlis, Mick Jagger, Michael Kamen, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Emma Kirkby, Dame Cleo Laine, Dame Felicity Lott, Dame Vera Lynn, Brian May, Elaine Paige, Nicholas Payne, Sir Simon Rattle, Keith Richards, Stan Tracey, Richard Van Allan, Pete Waterman.

DANCE

Matthew Bourne, Val Bourne, Christopher Bruce, Deborah Bull, Darcey Bussell, Siobhan Davies, Dame Beryl Grey, Lady Londonderry (Doreen Wells), Dame Antoinette Sibley.

TELEVISION AND RADIO

Sir David Attenborough, Joan Bakewell, Lord Bragg, Desmond Carrington.