Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon is an award-winning children’s author. The Monstrous Child, her first book for teens, was shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Book Awards and the YA Book Prize. The opera based on the book premiered in February 2019.
Adrian Wootton
Adrian Wootton OBE is the Chief Executive of both Film London and the British Film Commission, he is also Programme Advisor to the BFI London Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. He lectures on film and curates film programmes around the world.
David Kogan
Historian David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO.
Henry Zeffman
Henry Zeffman is a British journalist, currently working for BBC News since 2023 as their Chief Political Correspondent. He was formerly employed by The Times as a political editor.
Rod Liddle
Rod Liddle is an author, journalist and broadcaster. He is an associate editor of The Spectator and writes a weekly column for the Sunday Times and the Sun.
Rachel Kolsky
Engaging, knowledgeable and entertaining Rachel Kolsky is a popular prize-winning London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Focussing on the ‘human stories behind the buildings’ Rachel’s tours are fun an informative, filled with anecdotes past and present. From off-the-beaten track London and famous personalities to cinemas and shopping, memories of all aspects of London’s rich and varied social history come […]
Lucy Siegle
Lucy Siegle is a writer and TV presenter specialising in environmental issues and ethical shopping and lifestyles.
Mark Levene
Mark Levene is a historian and emeritus fellow at University of Southampton. Levene’s work and research focuses on genocide, Jewish history and anthropogenic climate change.
Keith Kahn-Harris
Keith Kahn-Harris has been writing about metal since the mid-1990s and he is one of the founders of Metal Studies as a discipline. Alongside his scholarly work, he has written metal journalism for many years, most recently for The Quietus, alongside books on language, and Jewishness. He lives in north London. Image © Zoe Norfolk
Jane Haynes
Jane Haynes is a psychotherapist and author who works through dialogue and relationship.
Jodie Ginsberg
Jodie Ginsberg is CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, previously she worked at Reuters and Internews
Ian Robertson
Ian Robertson is a Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He has written numerous scientific books and articles as well as books for the general reader. Image © Maxwell Photography