[simple_tooltip content=’John Banville is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and book reviewer. He worked in journalism for many years, and was literary editor at The Irish Times from 1988 to 2000…’]John Banville[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Harry Beaufort was born in 1952 and educated at Eton and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester…’]Harry Beaufort[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Ronen Bergman is Pulitzer Prize winner, a New York Times staff writer and a Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth…’]Ronen Bergman[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria…’]William Boyd[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Rosalind Brown was born in 1987, grew up in Cambridge, and now lives in Norwich….’]Rosalind Brown [/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Joanne Cash is an equality barrister whose clients have ranged from the BBC to the Daily Mail…’]Joanne Cash[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Helen Castor is an acclaimed medieval and Tudor historian, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature…’]Helen Castor[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Camilla Cavendish is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, and the author of “Extra Time: Ten Lessons for an Ageing World”, published by Harper Collins in 2019...’]Camilla Cavendish[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals…’]William Dalrymple[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and author of seven books including, most recently, The Missing Thread…’]Daisy Dunn[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’A former Pentagon advisor, Jasmine has served for over 25 years in public and private-sector organizations…’]Jasmine El-Gamal[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Merve Emre is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism…’]Merve Emre[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, DPhil, FRSE, is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University…’]Niall Ferguson[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Rebecca Fletcher is an experienced literary chair and also resident host at The Yard Hampshire…’]Rebecca Fletcher[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Michael Gove is the former Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath and UK Government Cabinet Minister…’]Michael Gove[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’A national and international journalist for more than 30 years, Robert Hardman is also a leading author, commentator and film-maker on the Royal Family…’]Robert Hardman[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Robert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy – Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator…’]Robert Harris[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Perhaps Nicky Haslam’s foremost legacy is his established talent and influence as Britain’s ultimate interior designer…’]Nicky Haslam[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Tom Holland is an award-winning historian and broadcaster…’]Tom Holland[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Dan Jones is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of many non-fiction books, including The Plantagenets…’]Dan Jones[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Neil Jordan was born in Rosses Point, Sligo in 1950…’]Neil Jordan[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Larry Kramer is President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of Economics and Political Science…’]Larry Kramer[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Natalie Livingstone was born and raised in London. She graduated with a first class degree in history from Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1998…’]Natalie Livingstone[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Born in Cefn Cribwr, Wales, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University…’]Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster, podcaster and journalist…’]Hannah MacInnes[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis was recognised by GQ Magazine as one of the most influential people in Britain…’]Emily Maitlis[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’James Marriott is a columnist and book reviewer at The Times, covering society, ideas and culture…’]James Marriott[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey and Company…’]David McCloskey[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Ian McEwan is the critically acclaimed author of seventeen novels and two short story collections…’]Ian McEwan[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Simon Sebag Montefiore is the internationally bestselling author whose prize-winning books have been published in forty-eight languages…’]Simon Sebag Montefiore[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Alexandra Mousavizadeh is the co-founder and CEO of Evident, the AI benchmarking intelligence platform…’]Alexandra Mousavizadeh[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Madhumita Murgia is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about technology & society…’]Madhumita Murgia[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Catherine Ostler is the author of The Duchess Countess, a historical biography published in the UK in 2021…’]Catherine Ostler[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Olivette Otele is a Distinguished Research Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery at SOAS, University of London…’]Olivette Otele[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Yana Peel is the Global Head of Arts & Culture at CHANEL…’]Yana Peel[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Luke Pepera is a writer, broadcaster, anthropologist, and historian specialised in the African past…’]Luke Pepera[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Patrick Radden Keefe is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of five books, including the New York Times bestsellers Empire of Pain…’]Patrick Radden Keefe[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Albert Read is a writer and media executive, having spent his career working at the intersection of business and creativity…’]Albert Read[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Lord (Andrew) Roberts read Modern History at Caius College, Cambridge, from where he is a PhD…’]Andrew Roberts[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors…’]Salman Rushdie[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Louis Sarkozy is the co-author of “Une Envie de Désaccords” (Plonc, 2019) in his native France…’]Louis Sarkozy[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and storyteller…’]Elif Shafak[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Anne Somerset’s latest work is Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: a Personal History…’]Anne Somerset[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Henrietta Spencer-Churchill studied Art History in Italy and France before enrolling at the Inchbald School of Design in London…’]Henrietta Spencer-Churchill[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Peter Stothard is a classicist and former editor of The Times and the Times Literary Supplement…’]Peter Stothard[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Plum Sykes was born in London and educated at Oxford. The author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes…’]Plum Sykes[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Nicole Taylor is a screenwriter, originally from Glasgow…’]Nicole Taylor[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Alice Thomson is an associate editor, weekly columnist, and interviewer for The Times…’]Alice Thomson[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Kate Weinberg was born and lives in London. She studied English at Oxford and creative writing in East Anglia…’]Kate Weinberg[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Rachel Weisz is known for portraying bold characters and working with visionary directors in her award winning career…’]Rachel Weisz[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Alice Winn grew up in Paris and was educated in the U.K. She has a degree in English literature from Oxford University…’]Alice Winn[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Alex Younger was for 30 years a career intelligence officer in Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, MI6…’]Alex Younger[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Nadhim was born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents in 1967. Under threat of persecution from Saddam Hussein’s regime…’]Nadhim Zahawi [/simple_tooltip]