Stephen Duncan
Stephen Duncan is an award winning artist and poet with poetry exploring his German heritage. He is also the editor for his late mother, the poet Beata Duncan, celebrated for her poetry collections on her life in the Weimar period, emigration from Berlin to London and her experience of the London Blitz.
Michael Goldfarb
Michael Goldfarb is an author, journalist, and broadcaster
Lewis Glinert
Dr. Lewis Glinert is Professor of Hebrew Studies and Linguistics at Dartmouth College.
Shirli Gilbert
Shirli Gilbert is professor of modern history and Jewish / Non-Jewish relations at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also the author of Music in the Holocaust.
Jonny Geller
Jonny Geller is joint CEO of Curtis Brown Literary Agency, the oldest agency in the UK.
Jeremy Gavron
Jeremy Gavron is the author of several non-fiction books and novels, including The Book of Israel, winner of the Encore Award, and An Acre of Barren Ground; and A Woman on the Edge of Time, a memoir of his mother.
Mireille Gansel
Mireille Gansel has won major awards for both her translations of German and Vietnamese poets, and for some of her seven books of poetry.
Laura Freeman
Laura Freeman is chief art critic of the Times. Formerly a freelance writer and critic, she has written for amongst other the Spectator, Sunday Times, TLS, Slightly Foxed and Standpoint. She was shortlisted for Features Writer of the Year at the 2014 British Press Awards. Image © Alex Winn
Jonathan Fenby
Jonathan Fenby CBE, has been the editor of the Observer and the South China Morning Post. He is the author of twenty books, nine on China and others on World War II and France.
Jonathan Dean
Jonathan Dean is executive editor for interviews for Culture and Books at the Sunday Times, where he spends a lot of time meeting very famous people.
Yael Dayan
Yael Dayan was an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Image © YairaYasmin
David Crystal
David Crystal is an independent scholar with lifelong experience as a lecturer, public speaker, and broadcaster.