Tim Martin
Tim Martin is a journalist and critic of contemporary fiction, his writing on books and culture has appeared in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Independent, The New Statesman, The Spectator, 1843, The Literary Review, Bookforum and elsewhere.
Matthew Kentridge
Matthew Kentridge is a management consultant and author.
William Kentridge
William Kentridge is one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. His work spans charcoal drawings, prints, sculpture, opera and tapestry.
Ben Judah
Ben Judah is an author and journalist. He has reported from across Europe with his writing on politics and society featuring widely, including in The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Foreign Policy.
Tim Judah
Tim Judah is a journalist and author and covers the Balkans and other regions as a correspondent for The Economist. Image © Timothy Costa
Joan Bakewell
Baroness Bakewell, is a journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. She is President of Birkbeck College, University of London. Image © Colin Bowerman
Mekella Broomberg
Mekella Broomberg is a Creative Producer, maker of festivals and Humanist Celebrant. She has written, performed and produced in the worlds of literature, puppetry, circus and film. She currently curates the public programme of the Royal Society of Literature.
Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein
Emanuela Barasch-Rubinstein is the author of literary fiction and academic nonfiction
Nicholas Lander
Nicholas Lander is a restaurateur and writer and was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Image © Jon Bradley
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson has been writing and broadcasting about wine since 1975, and has been the FT’s wine correspondent since 1989.
Claudia Renton
Claudia Renton is a barrister who has also acted with the RSC and National Theatre.
Tessa Rajak
Professor Tessa Rajak is a British Historian and Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Reading. She is also a Senior Associate of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.