Underrated

Thanks to his leap of faith, this gloomy Dane has been neglected by the intelligentsia

Critics have wrongly disparaged the author of Gulliver’s Travels, whom critics have disparaged as a misanthrope, a misogynist and a madman

A tribute to a great historian, whose range of achievements dwarfs those of his academic critics

The German-born Labour MP has ignored her party’s bias and sees sense on Europe

The Cabinet’s leading environmental sceptic has charted a steady rise to his new job as Northern Ireland Secretary.

The iconoclastic former Chief Inspector of Schools understood the dangers of state control.

The editor of British Vogue has bravely — and rightly — shamed designers who insist their clothes be modelled by impossibly thin young girls

The improbable Swedish finance minister’s spending and tax cuts have resulted in fiscal stability and economic growth

A principled Tory Eurosceptic whose integrity is matched only by his indifference to publicity should be championed