Benjamin Markovits
Benjamin Markovits is the author of eleven novels. He has published essays, stories, poetry and reviews on subject ranging from the Romantics to American sports in the Guardian, Granta, The Paris Review and The New York Times. He lives in London and teaches creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Image © Kat Green
Steven Zipperstein
Steven J. Zipperstein is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University. He is the author and editor of ten books with his last book – Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History – translated into Hebrew, French, and Romanian. Zipperstein is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts […]
Irving Finkel
Dr Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian Script, Languages and Cultures at The British Museum
Mohammad Gharipour
Mohammad Gharipour is an ACSA Distinguished Professor and professor and director of the Architecture Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than 30 years of reporting experience.
Kapka Kassabova
Kapka Kassabova is a prize-winning writer of non-fiction and poetry.
Rana Mitter
Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford.
Bill Browder
Bill Browder is founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Since 2009, when his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered in prison after uncovering a $230 million fraud by Russian government officials, Browder has been leading a campaign to expose Russia’s corruption and human rights abuses.
Matthew D’Ancona
Matthew D’Ancona is a journalist and political columnist.
John Lloyd
John Lloyd is a journalist and is contributing editor to the Financial Times where he has been Labour Editor, Industrial Editor, East European Editor, and Moscow Bureau Chief.
James Harding
James Harding is the editor and founder of Tortoise Media. He was Director of BBC News and before that was Editor of the Times.
Adam Kay
Adam Kay is a BAFTA-winning, multi-million-bestselling author, TV writer and performer.