Henry Marsh

Henry Marsh is a retired neurosurgeon and the bestselling author of Do No Harm and Admissions. Both books were Sunday Times No. 1 bestsellers, and have been translated into over thirty languages.
Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He is currently the Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity. Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over thirty years, working for various international and governmental bodies.
Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College.
Ben Okri

Sir Ben Okri is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, anthologist, aphorist, and playwright. He has also written film scripts. His works have won numerous national and international prizes, including the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Nicolette Jones

Nicolette Jones is a critic, journalist, writer, occasional broadcaster and the long-standing children’s books reviewer of The Sunday Times.
Judith Kerr

Judith Kerr OBE was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world. She was awarded an OBE for her services to children’s literature and holocaust education.
John Jay

John Jay is a former managing editor for business news, at The Sunday Times and the author of Facing Fearful Odds: My father’s story of captivity, escape and resistance 1940-1945. Ninette’s War is his third book. He lives in London with his family.
Richard K. Lowy

Richard K. Lowy, an internationally acclaimed producer/creative director, has created award-winning global events featuring world leaders and iconic artists. Yet, his most profound work began upon uncovering his father’s harrowing Holocaust past. This led him to produce Leo’s Journey: The Story of the Mengele Twins, narrated by EGOT-winner Christopher Plummer, which sparked an extraordinary reunion—his father […]
Katie Razzall

Katie Razzall is an award-winning and Bafta-nominated investigative journalist and presenter. She’s Culture and Media Editor for BBC News after roles as UK Editor at BBC Newsnight and correspondent and presenter at Channel 4 News. Katie presents The Media Show on Radio 4 and is a regular host of Newsnight.
Ronald E. Bornstein

Ronald E. Bornstein in an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London. Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a life long student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 – 1970, subjects on which he occasionally lectures.
Abraham Socher

Abraham Socher is the editor of the Jewish Review of Books, which he founded in 2010, and professor emeritus of Jewish Studies and Religion at Oberlin College.
Jason Carr

Jason studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After winning the 1988 Vivian Ellis Prize, Jason was invited by Peter Hall to compose the musical Born Again (Chichester Festival Theatre starring Mandy Patinkin and José Ferrer). As Associate Composer at Chichester 2003-5, Jason wrote music and lyrics for several new musicals; The […]