Helen Bennett, doctor with unique understanding of her patients

Pam Gilby, tireless campaigner for South End Green

Elizabeth Horder, family doctor who epitomised socialist ethos of the NHS

Darcus Howe, wild, wise and direct civil rights campaigner – and my godfather

David Storey, a novelist, playwright and ‘such a nice man’

Nicholas Mosley, writer haunted by fascist father’s notoriety

Andreas Erodotou, the barber who ran Andy’s in West Hampstead for 50 years

Richard Burton, architect with a ‘duty of care’ to residents

Queenie Buckland, Queen’s Crescent trader with formidable reputation

Andy Joanides, popular Dartmouth Park garage owner

Arnold Paucker’s mission was to show Jewish resistance

Margaret Hepburn – codebreaker, swimmer and champion for the elderly