Amy Abrahams

Amy is an award-winning health and wellbeing journalist who has written for titles including Stylist, Glamour, Vogue, Women’s Health and Red. She also writes the Substack newsletter Tiny Chaos, which explores parenting and midlife in an honest and candid way. As a moderator and host, Amy has run numerous panels and workshops on health for […]
Robert Mankoff

Robert Mankoff is an American cartoonist, editor, and author. He was the cartoon editor for The New Yorker for nearly twenty years. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz as cartoon editor at The New Yorker, Mankoff was a New Yorker cartoonist for twenty years.
Dennis Marks
Dennis Michael Marks, was head of music at BBC Television in the 1980s and from 1993 to 1997 was general director of English National Opera. He was also a maker of television documentaries, broadcaster and author.
Michael Hofmann
Michael Hofmann FRSL is a German-born poet, translator, and critic.
Fenella Woolgar

Fenella Woolgar has a long established career spanning Film, TV, Theatre and Radio. Her notable film credits include Vera, Judy, The Lady In The Van, Bright Young Things, Mr Turner and Victoria & Abdul. On the small screen, she played the iconic role of Sister Hilda in Call The Midwife as well as Agatha Christie […]
Cassidy Janson

Cassidy Janson is a British actress, known for her work in musical theatre. She won the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for & Juliet. She played Carole King in Beautiful, at the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End from November 2015 to August 2017, to rave reviews from audiences and […]
Nihal Arthanayake
Award-winning broadcaster, bestselling author, Tottenham fan – and now stand-up comedian. Nihal Arthanayake spent over two decades presenting on BBC national radio, first on Radio 1 then 5 Live, as well as hosting the Penguin Podcast and Headliners. He is also the author of Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations.
Geoffrey Streatfeild

RADA-trained Geoffrey Streatfeild is a highly accomplished stage and screen actor. His recent theatre work includes leading in A School for Scandal at the RSC, A Mirror opposite Jonny Lee Miller at the Almeida and in the West End. Currently we can see him on stage as Polonius in Hamlet at the National Theatre. His television credits include […]
Emma Jude Harris

Emma Jude Harris is a Jewish director and dramaturg, originally from America. She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MFA Advanced Theatre Practice), and at Shakespeare’s Globe/Kings College London (MA Shakespeare Studies). Emma was selected for The Stage’s Fringe Five in 2024. She is the recipient of a Global Talent visa. Image © Christa Holka
Daniel Goldman

Daniel Goldman is a director, translator, teacher and playwright. He trained at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris and Andamio 90 Theatre School in Buenos Aires. Selected credits include Thebes Land (Off West End Award – Best Production), You’re not like the Other Girls Chrissy (co-directed with Omar Elerian – Olivier Award Nomination), Wanawake Wa Heri […]
Toby Axelrod

Toby Axelrod is the Jewish Telegraphic Agency‘s correspondent for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. A former assistant director of the American Jewish Committee’s Berlin office, she has also worked as staff writer and editor at the New York Jewish Week. She has won numerous awards from the New York Press Association and the American Jewish Press […]
Nikki Scheiner

Dr Nikki Scheiner is one of the founders of the Psychological Response Team at CST and helped develop the protocol for CST’s Psychological First Responders. Nikki is a consultant psychologist with a background in adult mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and has a special interest in building resilience.