World: TEN FOR THE FUTURE

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Politician Anthony Crosland, 44, a philosophical socialist who never lets himself be led by party doctrine. An Oxford man and ex-paratrooper, Crosland affects a languid, academic aloofness that enrages the militant left almost as much as his cheerful argument that socialism has no magic technique for speeding up economic growth, and in his equally candid concession that dynamic capitalist nations do not do too badly.

Educator Richard Hoggart, 44, a slum orphan from Leeds who became professor of English at Birmingham University and spent five years on his magnum opus, The Uses of Literacy, an influential study of the newspapers, magazines and popular entertainment, and their effect on the nation's culture. Hoggart radiates a deep optimism because he believes that "old habit patterns are breaking down. Many people are trying to find a new identity. From it all might come one day a fusion of the upper-class sense of service with the working-class sense of clan solidarity and friendship. Then you'd really have something fine."

Broadcaster Hugh Carleton Greene, 52, director-general of the BBC, which was long a symbol of all that was sedate, prudish and tradition-centered in British life. Under Greene, the younger brother of Novelist Graham Greene, "Auntie" has become fresher, brighter, more vigorous and broadminded. Its TV dramas are frank in theme and outspoken in language, and its satiric program, That Was the Week That Was, pokes fun at men and institutions in a way that is probably unique in world television. Greene freely credits commercial TV with having been the spur: "It's forced us to be more professional, and I think that now we're more professional than the competition."

Politician Sir Gerald Nabarro, 48, a Tory M.P. who came up the hard way from a London slum, ran away to sea at 14, and moved from laborer in a sawmill to factory manager and. ultimately, managing director of various lumber and engineering companies. In Parliament, Nabarro's deep, rolling voice never hesitates to puncture pride or pomposity. Nabarro couldn't care less about Britain's bluebloods and oldtime Tory aristocrats. "The policy of 'hiccuping,' or Treasury dyspepsia, is disastrous to production," he charged recently. "Boost home demand if you want to boost exports at competitive prices. Tackle vigorously the dreadful burden of taxation to give incentives at every level in order to produce and to sell more abroad."

Novelist Colin Maclnnes, 48, writes with superb knowledge and insight about Britain's teen-agers (Absolute Beginners) and coloreds (City of Spades), as well as on jazz, art and architecture. According to Maclnnes, "Class structures are getting all shaken up. Monarchy no longer caps the structure, and people aren't sure what class they're in any more. Our loss of power depresses other people, not me. We've been trying to figure out what we are if we're not a great power, and it's clear that we've got to pull up our socks. It should be an interesting time."