Bradley Creswick
Bradley Creswick has recently been made Leader Emeritus of Royal Northern Sinfonia and began his long relationship with them in 1984. In 1987 he moved to London to lead the Philharmonia and then the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, returning to the Sinfonia in 1994. Many solo recordings include Vaughan Williams’ ‘The Lark Ascending’ […]
Nigel Biggar
Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas is Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. He holds a B.A. in Modern History from Oxford and a Ph.D. in Christian Theology & Ethics from the University of Chicago. He was appointed C.B.E. “for services to […]
Margaret Fingerhut
Margaret Fingerhut MBE has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world. She has performed with most of the UK’s major orchestras in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican. She is often heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and many radio stations worldwide. […]
Ranen Omer-Sherman
Ranen Omer-Sherman is The Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Louisville. He is the author or editor of six books including Diaspora and Zionism in Jewish American Literature (2002), Israel in Exile: Jewish Writing and the Desert (2006), The Jewish Graphic Novel: Critical Approaches (2008), Narratives of Dissent: War in Contemporary Israeli Arts and Culture (2013), Imagining Kibbutz: Visions of Utopia […]
Adam J. Silverstein
Adam J. Silverstein holds the the Max Schloessinger Chair of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Veiling Esther, Unveiling Her Story; Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction; and Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic World.
Rüdiger Görner
Rüdiger Görner was professor of German with comparative literature at Queen Mary University of London. The founder of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and the founding director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, his books include biographies of Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trakl, and Oskar Kokoschka. In 2025, he was awarded the […]
Amit Segal
Amit Segal is Israel’s most influential journalist, known for his sharp analysis and insider access to the country’s power corridors. As the chief political correspondent for Channel 12 News and a columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth, he has covered Israeli politics since the early 2000s. His bestselling book, A Call at 4 AM (originally The Story […]
Miriam Robinson
Miriam Robinson is an author who has worked in the world of books and bookshops for over 15 years. Previously the host of podcast My Unlived Life, she holds an MA in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London and her short fiction has been shortlisted for a Pushcart Prize, the inaugural Pindrop/RA Short Story Prize […]
Martin Jameson
Martin Jameson has worked for more than 30 years as a writer, director and producer on stage, TV and radio. In theatre he has directed at venues such as The Young Vic, Nottingham and Leeds Playhouses as well as York Theatre Royal. His TV credits include nearly 50 episodes of Casualty and Holby and as many […]
Sasha Senderovich
Sasha Senderovich is Associate Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of How the Soviet Jew Was Made (2022) and translator, with Harriet Murav, of David Bergelson’s Yiddish novel Judgment (2017). Image © Meryl Schenker
Jordan Fein
Jordan Fein is an American theatre and opera director based in London.
Goldie Morgentaler
Goldie Morgentaler is professor emerita at the University of Lethbridge and an award-winning translator from Yiddish to English.