Justin Webb is a former editor and has been the BBC's chief Washington correspondent since 2001.

James Corbett, contributing editor of The Observer Sport Monthly and author of Everton: The School of Science and England Expects was political editor of the paper.

Richard Bacon, a former Executive Editor, is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Norfolk South.

Former Executive Editor Tim Gopsill was a member of the collective of Leveller magazine, a political magazine which was involved in a well-recorded contempt of court case in 1979.

The Beaver is extremely proud of all its former contributors, and if you were ever one of us, we would love to hear from you about what you've been up to since!