The Patriot, The Nation (all Sri Lanka); Anglo-Sri Lankan Trotskyist trade unionist and political activist Richard Hutton, former editor of The Economist Nicholas de Jongh, drama critic, The London Evening Standard Mark Lawson, columnist, The Guardian; radio and television presenter Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton, former editor of The Economist Vivienne Parry, journalist, The Times and BBC Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall editor, The Sunday Times Nick Paton Walsh, Emmy award-winning Senior International correspondent at CNN L. J. K. Setright: writer and journalist Carol Thatcher (LLB), journalist, author, media personality and daughter of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Michael White, political editor, The Guardian Petronella Wyatt, writer, The Spectator Musicians, musicologists and musical commentators Brett Anderson, Suede Sophie Barker, singer, occasional vocalist for Zero 7 and Groove Armada (did not graduate) Guy Berryman, Coldplay Jonny Buckland, Coldplay Will Champion, Coldplay David Conway (music historian) John Curwen, proponent of tonic sol-fa Kathleen Dale née Richards, translator, musicologist, composer and pianist (Swedish: 1926–8) Zarif Davidson, known professionally as Zarif Justine Frischmann, Elastica Leonard Feather, jazz musician, composer, and writer (1932) Joshua Hayward, The Horrors Philip Heseltine aka Peter Warlock, composer and music critic (English) Gustav Holst, composer and teacher (Sanskrit, 1909) Ravi Kesavaram, My Vitriol Chris Martin, Coldplay Jack Peñate, singer-songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley, Keane Harold Rosenthal, music critic Som Wardner, My Vitriol Mary Louisa White, composer Benjamin Zander, conductor, Boston Philharmonic Charlotte Emma Aitchison (Charli XCX), hyperpop musician Philanthropists, cultural, educational, military and religious figures Barnett Abrahams (BA), former Principal of the London School of Jewish Studies and the first English Jewish minister to hold a British university degree Kaniz Ali (LLB, 2007), entrepreneur, makeup artist and columnist Sheikh Zaki Badawi (BSc Psychology, 1954), Egyptian Islamic scholar, interfaith-dialogue activist and founder of the Muslim College in London Ben Barkow, writer and director of the Wiener Library Lynne Brindley, former Chief Executive of the British Library George Cassidy (MPhil, 1967), former Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham Brian Castle, current Bishop of Tonbridge Isaac Cohen, former Chief Rabbi of Ireland Altheia Jones-LeCointe, activist and leader of Black Panther Party in the UK in 1960s and 1970s Barry Morgan, current Archbishop of Wales Hugh Price-Hughes, Methodist theologian Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake (Medicine), soldier who received both the Victoria Cross and the Bar Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley (Geography), former Master of the Royal Armouries (2009-2012) and Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (2008-2009) Jackie