Winners

Book Prize

1994 Anatol Lieven, The Baltic Revolution
1995 Fionnuala O’Connor, In Search of a State
1996 Fergal Keane, Season of Blood
1997 Peter Godwin, Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa
1998 Patricia Hollis, Jennie Lee: A Life
1999 D.M. Thomas, Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life
2000 Brian Cathcart, The Case of Stephen Lawrence
2001 Michael Ignatieff, Virtual War
2002 Miranda Carter, Anthony Blunt: His Lives
2003 Francis Wheen, Hoo-Hahs and Passing Frenzies
2004 Robert Cooper, The Breaking of Nations
2005 Michael Collins, The Likes of Us
2006 Delia Jarrett-Macauley, Moses, Citizen and Me
2007 Peter Hennessy, Having It So Good
2008 Raja Shehadeh, Palestinian Walks

Journalism Prize

1994 Neal Ascherson, The Independent on Sunday
1995 Paul Foot and Tim Laxton
1996 Melanie Phillips, The Observer
1997 Ian Bell, The Scotsman
1998 Polly Toynbee, The Independent
1999 Robert Fisk, The Independent
2000 David McKittrick, The Independent
2001 David Aaronovitch, The Independent
2002 Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent
2003 Brian Sewell, Evening Standard
2004 Vanora Bennett, The Times
2005 Matthew Parris, The Times
2006 Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian
2007 Peter Beaumont, The Observer
2008 Johann Hari, The Independent

Special Prize

2004 Hugo Young
2007 BBC Newsnight
2008 Clive James