Toby Haggith

Dr Toby Haggith is a historian who joined IWM’s Film Department in 1988. He is now a Senior Curator in the Department of Second World War and Mid-20th Century Conflict

Carol Issacs

Carol Isaacs is a musician and, as The Surreal McCoy, a well-known cartoonist published in the New Yorker, Spectator and Private Eye. She has played with Sinead O’Connor, Indigo Girls and is co-founder of the London Klezmer Quartet.

Simon Goldhill

Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge.

Merav Mack

Merav Mack is a research fellow at the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and teaches at the university’s department of comparative religion.

Esther Freud

Esther Freud is the author of nine previous novels, and her work has been translated into thirteen languages. Her first novel Hideous Kinky was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second book she was selected as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists. Her other novels include The Sea House, Mr […]

Marion LLoyd

Marion Lloyd is publisher of Scholastic’s children’s fiction imprint, Marion Lloyd Books

Nicola Beauman

Nicola Beauman OBE is a British biographer and journalist, and the founder of Persephone Books, an independent book publisher based in Bath.

Suzi Feay

Suzi Feay is a literary journalist with a particular interest in fiction and poetry. She writes for The Guardian and The Financial Times amongst others and is a published poet and writer.

Debbie Klein

Debbie Klein was the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of JW3

Alex Lifshutz

Alex Lifschutz, one of the founding Director of the London-based studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.

Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of six novels and a memoir. His books have been published in thirty countries. Image © Brigitte Lacombe

Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Gideon Lewis-Kraus has written for numerous US publications, including Harper’s, The Believer, The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Slate, and others