[simple_tooltip content=’Christopher Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University, founder of the internationally renowned Cambridge Intelligence Seminar…’]Christopher Andrew[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Oliver Barker, Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe, Senior International Specialist Barker joined Sotheby’s in 1994 moving to the Contemporary Art department in 2001, rising to Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe, Senior International Specialist in 2016. He is a key figure on the rostrum at the major auctions in both London and New York…’]Oliver Barker[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Antony Beevor’s books include Crete – Runciman Prize, Stalingrad – Samuel Johnson, Wolfson and Hawthornden Prizes, Berlin, The Battle for Spain – Premio La Vanguardia, D-Day – RUSI Westminster Medal, The Second World War Ardennes 1944 – shortlist Prix Médicis – and now Arnhem, a Number 1 Bestseller…’]Sir Antony Beevor[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Harry Blain is a British gallerist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the international contemporary art gallery Blain|Southern and also Sedition, an online platform for collecting original art editions in a digital format….’]Harry Blain[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Cherie Blair CBE, QC is a leading barrister with over 35 years’ experience. She studied law at the London School of Economics and is the Founder and Chair of the pioneering law firm Omnia Strategy where she focuses on cross-border dispute prevention and conflict resolution…’]Cherie Blair[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Alain de Botton is the founder of www.theschooloflife.com, an organisation devoted to emotional intelligence and psychotherapy, with branches in 10 countries and a 3.5million subscriber YouTube channel…’]Alain de Botton[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author, and founder of the Women in the World summits. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and authored the 2007 best-selling biography of the Princess of Wales, The Diana Chronicles…’]Tina Brown[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Paula Byrne is the best-selling biographer of books about Jane Austen, Evelyn Waugh, Belle and Kathleen Kennedy. She has just published a debut novel, ‘Look to your Wife’. Paula is a Costa Prize judge for 2018. Her second novel will be published next year…’]Paula Byrne[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Professor Tanya Byron is a consultant clinical psychologist specialising in child and adolescent mental health. She has an NHS career spanning twenty years working in many areas of mental health…’]Tanya Byron[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Helen Castor is a historian of the middle ages and sixteenth century and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She is the author of Blood & Roses: The Paston Family in the Fifteenth Century, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth, and most recently Joan of Arc: A History…’]Helen Castor[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Over the past two decades, the Chapman brothers have created one of the most distinctive oeuvres in contemporary art. Their tableaux of twentieth-century ruin take on everything from the fast-food industry to our culture’s preoccupation with war and violence…’]Jake Chapman[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Philip Collins is a columnist on The Times and an Associate Editor of Prospect. He is also a former chief leader writer on The Times, chief speech writer to the Prime Minister Tony Blair, Director of the think tank the Social Market Foundation and chair of trustees of the think tank Demos…’]Philip Collins[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Richard Davenport-Hines is a British historian and literary biographer. His history of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair, was published in 2013. His book on espionage scandals, Enemies Within: Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain was published in January…’]Richard Davenport-Hines[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Edmund de Waal is an artist and writer, best known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels. His interventions and artworks have been made for diverse historic spaces and museums worldwide, including the V&A Museum, London; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna…’]Edmund de Waal[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Richard served as Chief – known as ‘C’ – of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6, from August 1999 until his retirement in July 2004. He was a spy master for thirty-eight years and served in Nairobi, Prague, Paris, Geneva and Washington as well as in a number of key London-based posts…’]Sir Richard Dearlove[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Harold Evans is Editor-at-Large for Reuters. As the editor of The Sunday Times of London (1967-1981) and editor of The Times (1981-2), Evans led many investigations, including the expose of Kim Philby, and the thalidomide scandal, the world’s biggest drug disaster…’]Sir Harry Evans[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior fellow of the Center for European Studies, Harvard. He is also a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC…’]Niall Ferguson[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Flora Fraser is a historical biographer specializing in women of the eighteenth century…’]Flora Fraser[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’One of Britain’s finest directors, Stephen Frears made his name in TV drama, working for 15 years almost exclusively for the small screen. By the mid-1980s he turned to the cinema, shooting THE HIT (1984) starring Terence Stamp, John Hurt and Tim Roth…’]Stephen Frears[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster. He has been a weekly columnist for the Guardian since 1997 and is the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View…’]Jonathan Freedland[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Misha Glenny is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and sought after keynote speaker. His best-selling non-fiction book, McMafia, about the globalisation of organised crime has launched this year on the BBC and AMC as a fictional TV Drama series….’]Misha Glenny[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’James Harding has been the Director of News and Current Affairs at the BBC, the world’s largest news organization, since April 2013…’]James Harding[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Robert Hardman is the bestselling author of Our Queen and Monarchy: The Royal Family At Work. As the writer of many acclaimed television documentaries (including ITV’s Our Queen and BBC One’s The Queen’s Castle), he has interviewed many members of the British Royal Family and of other monarchies overseas…’]Robert Hardman[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Dr Tristram Hunt is the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London – the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance. Since taking up the post in 2017, Dr Hunt has prioritised support for design education in UK schools, expansion of the photography department, and encouraging debate around the history of the museum’s global collections…’]Tristram Hunt[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Armando Iannucci is a writer and broadcaster, who has written, directed and produced numerous critically acclaimed television and radio comedy shows. His screenplay for the film In The Loop was nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards…’]Armando Iannucci[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He writes weekly columns for the Guardian and the London Evening Standard. He has edited the Evening Standard and The Times and was chairman of the National Trust from 2008-14…’]Simon Jenkins[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Dan Jones is a bestselling historian, TV presenter and award-winning journalist. His books include The Templars, a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, The Plantagenets, a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and The Hollow Crown, a Sunday Times bestseller…’]Dan Jones[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Ben Judah is an author and journalist. He is the author of Fragile Empire and This Is London, which was longlisted for the Ballie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction…’]Ben Judah[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Mary Keen is an internationally known gardener, garden designer and writer. The most recent of her 6 books was Paradise and Plenty, a study of the Rothschild family walled garden , which she also designed….’]Mary Keen[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Hanif Kureishi grew up in Kent and studied philosophy at King’s College London. His novels include The Buddha of Suburbia, which won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel, The Black Album, Intimacy, and The Last Word…’]Hanif Kureishi[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Kwasi Kwarteng has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Spelthorne since 2010. Born in London in 1975, Kwasi was educated at Eton College, where he was a King’s Scholar, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his BA in Classics and History…’]Kwasi Kwarteng[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Robert Lacey is a renowned British historian. He is the historical consultant for The Crown TV series and author of numerous international bestsellers, including Majesty, his pioneering biography of Queen Elizabeth II…’]Robert Lacey[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Kirsty is a presenter on BBC Radio 4s flagship arts program, Front Row. She is Chair of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead and a trustee of the British Council – an educational and arts charity which promotes friendly understanding between Britain and other countries. …’]Kirsty Lang[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Katie Law is Deputy Literary Editor of the Evening Standard. She has worked for the newspaper for almost thirty years and writes across a broad range of subjects, from book reviews and publishing trends to arts-based interviews and travel pieces…’]Katie Law[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Amanda Levete CBE is a RIBA Stirling Prize winning architect and founder of AL_A, an international award-winning architecture studio. Since its formation in 2009, AL_A has refined an intuitive and strategic approach to design. Recently completed projects include the Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road Quarter…’]Amanda Levete[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is Reader in History at the University of Roehampton, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She received her DPhil from Balliol College, Oxford; writes a column for History Today; and has presented historical documentaries on the BBC, ITV, and Channel Five…’]Suzannah Lipscomb[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Natalie Livingstone was born and raised in London. She graduated with a first class degree in history from Christs College, Cambridge in 1998…’]Natalie Livingstone[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Margaret MacMillan was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford. She was a member of Ryerson University’s History Department for 25 years, Provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto from 2002 to 2007 and Warden of St Antony’s College and Professor of International History, University of Oxford..’]Margaret MacMillan[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Allan Mallinson served for thirty-five years in the army. The thirteenth of his Matthew Hervey novels, The Passage to India, was published in May. His 1914: Fight the Good Fight: Britain, the Army, and the Coming of the First World War (2013) was runner-up for the Duke of Westminster Gold Medal…’]Allan Mallinson[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Anne McElvoy is Senior Editor of the Economist, and was its global Policy Editor from 2010-16. She also writes a weekly politics column for theEvening Standard and was previously Executive Editor. A presenter of Start the Week on BBC Radio4, the Moral Mazeand Free Thinking for the BBC, Anne is an experienced live broadcaster and series maker…’]Anne McElvoy[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Dr Simon Sebag Montefiore is a bestselling prizewinning historian and novelist whose books are published in 48 languages. He is author of the Moscow Trilogy novels, Sashenka, One Night in Winter (which won Political Novel of the Year Prize and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize) and Red Sky at Noon…’]Simon Sebag Montefiore[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Helena is well known in the City, particularly for her work on gender equality. She founded the 30% Club, a campaign for more gender-balanced boards, and is Chair of the investment industry’s Diversity Project. She was CEO of Newton Investment Management for fifteen years and chaired the Investment Association from 2014 to 2017…’]Dame Helena Morrissey[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Dr. Dambisa Moyo is a pre-eminent thinker, who influences key decision-makers in strategic investment and public policy. She is respected for her unique perspectives, her balance of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, and her ability to turn economic insight into investible ideas…’]Dambisa Moyo[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian Historian, Producer and Presenter. His TV series include, Civilizations – BBC 2, Black and British – A Forgotten History…’]David Olusoga[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Catherine Ostler is Contributing Editor at the Daily Mail. She has been Editor of Tatler, Editor of ES Magazine at the Evening Standard, and Editor of Times Weekend…’]Catherine Ostler[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Priti has been the Member of Parliament for Witham since 2010. She has served as Secretary of State for International Development, Minister of State for Employment, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and the first UK-India Diaspora Champion…’]Priti Patel[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Stephen Pollard has been Editor of the Jewish Chronicle since 2008 and writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph and Express. His biography of David Blunkett, was published in December 2004. Ten Days That Changed the Nation…’]Stephen Pollard[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’John Preston is a former Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and the Sunday Telegraph. For ten years he was the Sunday Telegraph’s television critic and one of its chief feature writers. He is the author of a travel book and four novels, including The Dig…’]John Preston[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’David Reynolds is Professor of International History at Cambridge and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of eleven books, including In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (Penguin)…’]David Reynolds[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Prof Andrew Roberts has written thirteen books, including Eminent Churchillians, Salisbury: Victorian Titan, Napoleon and Wellington, Waterloo, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900, Masters and Commanders, The Storm of War and Napoleon the Great…’]Andrew Roberts[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’June Sarpong MBE is one of the most recognisable British television presenters and broadcasters. She is also the co-founder of the WIE Network – Women Inspiration and Enterprise…’]June Sarpong[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Simon Schama, CBE is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University and a Contributing Editor of the Financial Times. He is the author of seventeen books and the writer-presenter of fifty documentaries on art, history and literature for BBC2…’]Sir Simon Schama[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Ken Shuttleworth is recognised as one of the world’s leading architects. In the course of his 40-year career, he has worked on some of the most groundbreaking architectural landmarks in the world…’]Ken Shuttleworth[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Born in Swansea, Sarah grew up in Italy. She returned to the UK in her teens and read Modern Languages at UCL. She started out in journalism almost 30 years ago as a TV listings sub-editor on the Daily Mirror and worked her way up via innumerable roles on various titles to her current position as columnist at the Daily Mail…’]Sarah Vine[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Rachel Wang is the founder of Chocolate Films. With offices in London and Glasgow Chocolate creates work for online, installations, exhibitions and cinema. It is a leading digital content agency for galleries and museums in the UK and Europe…’]Rachel Wang[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Sarah Waters was born in Wales in 1966. She has written six novels: Tipping the Velvet, winner of the Betty Trask Award; Affinity, awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday…’]Sarah Waters[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Kate Williams is a historian, author, professor of history and broadcaster. Her latest book, Rival Queens – The Betrayal of Mary Queen of Scots explores Marys queenship, the successes, mistakes and the doubts…’]Kate Williams[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Two time Olivier award-winner, Golden Globe winner, and Tony nominated actress Ruth Wilson has paved her way in theatre, television and film. Best known for her portrayals of Alison in The Affair, Alice in Luther and for her work on the London stage, Wilson has quickly become one of Britain’s most lauded young actresses…’]Ruth Wilson[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’One of the world’s most influential feminists and the bestselling author of The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf doesn’t just comment on the world’s most pervasive problems, she aims to solve them. Dr.Wolf gives people specific ways to change the world by encouraging people to take charge of their lives and communities….’]Naomi Wolf[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Andrea Wulf is an award-winning author of five books. Her most recent book, The Invention of Nature, has won twelve literary awards, including the Costa Biography Award 2015 and the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2016…’]Andrea Wulf[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Adam Zamoyski is an independent historian and author of a dozen books on various aspects of European History. They include two Sunday Times best-sellers, The Polish Way and 1812. Napoleons Fatal March on Moscow, and have been widely translated…’]Adam Zamoyski[/simple_tooltip]
[simple_tooltip content=’Princess Michael of Kent is the wife of Her Majesty the Queen’s first cousin, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, and lives in Kensington Palace. …’]Princess Michael[/simple_tooltip]
