Speakers-2025

Anthony is one of the most prolific and successful writers in the UK, working across…

Richard E. Grant was born in 1957 in Mbabane, Swaziland and holds a degree in…

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film…

Andrew Davies is known for his many award-winning screenplays, which include the 1995 Pride and…

Nicholas Boggs is the author of the biography Baldwin: A Love Story, published by Farrar,…

Anne Somerset’s most recent book is Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: a Personal History.…

David McCloskey is a former CIA analyst who worked in field stations across the Middle…

James McAuley is a writer and historian. His first book, The House of Fragile Things,…

Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder, and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of…

Salman Rushdie is one of the world’s most acclaimed, award-winning contemporary authors. Translated into over…