Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathematical Society and in 2006 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. Image © Niall McDiarmid
Keren Abse
Keren Abse is the eldest of Dannie and Joan Abse’s three children. She obtained an English and History degree from Sussex University and went on to teach English and Media studies in North London Comprehensives and then Sixth form Colleges for 37 years, becoming Head of City & Islington Sixth Form College from 2001-2005 when she retired from teaching ,dividing her time […]
Keiron Pim
Keiron Pim is the author of Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth and Jumpin’ Jack Flash: David Litvinoff and the Rock’n’Roll Underworld which was longlisted for the Gordon Burn prize. As well as writing books and articles, Pim is a proofreader, editor and teacher of creative nonfiction. He lives in Norwich. Image © Nick Stone
Josh Glancy
Josh Glancy is News Review editor at The Sunday Times. Prior to this he was special correspondent for the paper, reporting from across Britain and the world. Before that he was the paper’s Washington bureau chief and spent five years reporting from across most of America, but never Alaska or the Dakotas. He’s also a columnist for The Jewish News.
Jonathan Rosen
Jonathan Rosen is the author of novels Eve’s Apple and Joy Comes in the Morning, and two non-fiction books: The Talmud and the Internet and The Life of the Skies. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and numerous anthologies. Image © Tali Rosen
Jeremy Robson
Jeremy Robson has been a central figure in the British poetry scene for many years, and instigated the large-scale Poetry and Jazz Concerts in which he and Dannie Abse, along with many leading poets, were regular readers. He also went on a poetry reading tour of Israel with Abse and Ted Hughes.
Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma was born in the Netherlands. He studied Chinese at Leiden University and cinema at Nihon University, Tokyo. He is a regular contributor to Harper’s and The New Yorker and writes monthly columns for Project Syndicate and Bloomberg. He is a professor at Bard College and lives in New York City. Image © Merlijn […]
Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman is a multi-award-winning actor, including Oliviers for The Merchant of Venice and Assassins. Most recently seen in Golda and HBO’s The Regime, his stage credits include Broadway, the West End, the National Theatre and Chichester and on screen Yes, Prime Minister, Notting Hill, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Their Finest.
Hen Mazzig
Hen Mazzig is a globally recognised speaker, educator, author, and digital influencer. Mazzig has over 200k followers on social media, and over 100 million users have interacted with his content. He has appeared as an expert on Jewish issues in media on four continents, including BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, Sky News, LA Times, Haaretz, […]
Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret is a world-renowned Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, scriptwriting for film and television and his books were translated to more than 45 languages. Keret received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literature and the 2016 Charles Bronfman Prize. His 2017 book Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy won Israel’s […]
Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller whose work explores memory, identity, and belonging across cultures. Translated into 58 languages, her novels include The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she is a passionate advocate for freedom of expression and intercultural […]
Devorah Baum
Devorah Baum is an author, filmmaker, journalist, and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Southampton. Image © Laura Palmer