Kate Maltby
Dr Kate Maltby is a lead columnist for the i newspaper and is Chair of the Drama Critics’ Circle. Her work uncovering the story of antisemitic bias at the Royal Court Theatre was nominated for a British Journalism Award.
Brigid Larmour
Brigid Larmour is Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Watford Palace Theatre.
Alan Dein
Alan Dein is an oral historian and award-winning radio documentary maker. In a broadcasting career spanning over 25 years, he has made hundreds of documentaries that reflect his passion for oral history and exploring long forgotten stories. He currently presents the long-running BBC Radio series Don’t Log Off where he speaks with people around the world about […]
Noa Menhaim
Noa Menhaim is an acclaimed Israeli essayist, editor, lecturer, literary critic and head of the Hebrew literature department at Israel’s largest publishing house. Menhaim has made many appearances on Israeli radio and television, and is also known for her screenwriting, script editing and TV series development.
Kevin MacDonald
Kevin MacDonald has directed documentaries and feature films including The Last King of Scotland, One Day in September and most recently The Mauritanian. His films have won multiple Oscars and Baftas. He has also written a biography of his grandfather, Emeric Pressburger, and is the co-editor with Mark Cousins of Imagining Reality: The Faber Book of Documentaries.
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was film critic of The Independent. He has written nine novels, the first The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, and the latest Molly & the Captain (2022). He also wrote the football memoir, Klopp: My Liverpool Romance. Image © Mark […]
Robert S. Bader
Robert S. Bader is the author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage ( and the editor of Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales , an anthology of the comedian’s lost writings. He has also co-authored the recently published Speaking of Harpo with Susan Fleming Marx, the widow of Harpo Marx.
Simon Callow
Simon Callow CBE is an award winning actor, author and director.
Ronnie Fraser
Dr. Ronnie Fraser is Director of the Academic Friends of Israel which he founded with his wife, Lola, in 2003. Together they have campaigned against the academic boycott of Israel and antisemitism on campus.
Lana Melman
Lana Melman is a 20-year veteran of the entertainment industry and the CEO of Liberate Art Inc. She has been a leader in combating the cultural boycott campaign (BDS) against Israel since 2011. Melman has worked with the representatives of over a thousand artists targeted by BDS, including Alicia Keys, Cyndi Lauper, and Pitbull.
David Peimer
David Peimer is a playwright, librettist and director.
Joanna Millan
Joanna Millan was born Bela Rosenthal in 1942. She was sent to Theresienstadt, with her mother who did not survive. She was at the camp for two years until it was liberated by the Russians. Her adoptive parents called her Joanna and did not talk about her past. Joanna was in her 50’s when she […]