The 50 greatest British writers since 1945

A reader reminds of this list from The Times of London, January 5, 2008, "a ranking of whom they consider the best postwar British writers". Erica Wagner's Introduction said

But still and all, we have made a list, if only because it is a good jumping-off point for a discussion — one that we very much hope you will join. Indeed, we might say that's the whole point: what do you think?

My reader's comment to me is it's "A peculiar list, for its omissions as much as for its inclusions and its order."