2023 Speakers

[simple_tooltip content=’Mansoor Abulhoul is the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to the United Kingdom…’]Mansoor Abulhoul[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Ailsa Anderson, LVO is a former newspaper journalist now commentating on the Royal Family…’]Ailsa Anderson[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Maryam Aslany is a writer and academic at Oxford and Yale universities…’]Maryam Aslany[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Jonathan Bate is Foundation Professor of Environmental Humanities at Arizona State University…’]Jonathan Bate[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Mary Beard is Emerita Professor and Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge and the classics editor of the TLS…’]Mary Beard[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Emily Benn is an Executive at Hakluyt and Company, and an elected member of the City of London Corporation…’]Emily Benn[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Octavius Black is a highly successful British entrepreneur, philanthropist and author…’]Octavius Black[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Joanne Cash is a human rights activist and policy advisor…’]Joanne Cash[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Camilla Cavendish is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, and the author of “Extra Time”…’]Camilla Cavendish[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Daniel Chandler is an economist and philosopher based at the London School of Economics. He has degrees in economics…’]Daniel Chandler[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Ed Conway is the Economics and Data Editor of Sky News, and has been a regular columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times…’]Ed Conway[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Con Coughlin is one of Britain’s leading journalists and an international best-selling author… ‘]Con Coughlin[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Tom Crewe was born in Middlesbrough in 1989. He has a PhD in nineteenth century British history from the University of Cambridge…’]Tom Crewe[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Oriole Cullen is Senior Curator of Fashion and Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum…’]Oriole Cullen[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Yonca is Google’s Vice President of Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and serves on the Board of Kering…’]Yonca Dervisoglu[/simple_tooltip]

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

[simple_tooltip content=’Fatima Farheen Mirza was born in 1991 and raised in California…’]Fatima Farheen Mirza[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Daniel Finkelstein is a British journalist and opinion writer. A former executive editor of The Times…’]Daniel Finkelstein[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University, where he is also Director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research..’]Peter Frankopan[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Will Gompertz is an author, journalist, broadcaster, critic, and Artistic Director of the Barbican Arts Centre in London, a role he began in the summer 2021…’]Will Gompertz[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Robert Hardman. A national and international journalist for more than 30 years…’]Robert Hardman[/simple_tooltip]

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

[simple_tooltip content=’Tristram Hunt is Director of the V&A, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance…’]Tristram Hunt[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Naomi Ishiguro was born in London, in 1992. Her debut novel, Common Ground, was published by Tinder Press…’]Naomi Ishiguro[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Martin Ivens, Editor of The Times Literary Supplement and Bloomberg Opinion columnist..’]Martin Ivens[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. His most recent novel, Moon Witch, Spider King…’]Marlon James[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Martha Kearney is a presenter on BBC radio 4’s Today programme and has developed a reputation as one of the BBC’s most respected political journalists…’]Martha Kearney[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Dr Olesya Khromeychuk is a historian and writer. She has taught the history of East-Central Europe at several British universities…’]Olesya Khromeychuk[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Nick Laird was born in County Tyrone in 1975. Awards for his writing include the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature…’]Nick Laird[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’David Lammy is the Labour MP for Tottenham and the former Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs…’]David Lammy[/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=’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=’Author of ‘The Edge: How competition for resources is pushing the world, and its climate, to the brink – and what we can do about it’…’]Jonathan Maxwell[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’James McAuley is a writer and journalist based in New York…’]James McAuley[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Anne McElvoy is Executive Editor and Head of Podcasting at POLITICO, a regular host of politics and arts shows…’]Anne McElvoy[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Iona McLaren is an author and literary critic who worked for eight years as books editor of The Daily Telegraph…’]Iona McLaren[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Munira is Chief Executive of Civic Future. She was the Director of the No 10 Policy Unit between 2019 – 2022…’]Munira Mirza[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Simon Sebag Montefiore is a bestselling historian and novelist whose books are published in 48 languages and has won prizes for his fiction and history…’]Simon Sebag Montefiore[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Rt Hon Baroness (Pauline) Neville-Jones DCMG is a Conservative peer in the House of Lords where she currently sits on the Science and Technology Committee…’]Pauline Neville-Jones[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Maggie O’Farrell is the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling novel HAMNET…’]Maggie O’Farrell[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Catherine Ostler is the author of The Duchess Countess, a historical biography published in the UK in 2021 by Simon & Schuster and in the USA this year Atria Books…’]Catherine Ostler[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Tomiwa Owolade is a journalist and author. He has written for many publications, including the New Statesman…’]Tomiwa Owulade[/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=’General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.) is the leading battlefield commander and strategist of our time…’]David Petraeus[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Justine Picardie is the author of six books, including her bestselling memoir If the Spirit Moves You…’]Justine Picardie[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Marc Quinn, born 1964, is recognised as one of the leading artists of his generation…’]Marc Quinn[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Albert Read oversees Condé Nast in Europe – incorporating the titles Vogue, Vanity Fair, World of Interiors…’]Albert Read[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Jane Ridley is a historian, biographer, broadcaster, reviewer, and Professor of Modern History at the University of Buckingham…’]Jane Ridley[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Lord (Andrew) Roberts read Modern History at Caius College, Cambridge, from where he is a PhD. He has written over a twenty books including Salisbury: Victorian Titan…’]Andrew Roberts[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Hannah Rothschild is an author, filmmaker, philanthropist and businesswoman…’]Hannah Rothschild[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Katherine Rundell is a Fellow of St Catherines College, Oxford, and a quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford…’]Katherine Rundell[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Philippe Sands KC is Professor of Law at University College London and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard…’]Philippe Sands[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Sir Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University…’]Sir Simon Schama[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Zadie Smith is the author of the novels White Teeth, The Autograph Man, On Beauty, NW and Swing Time…’]Zadie Smith[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Emma Soames is a journalist. She was editor of the Literary Review, Tatler, ES Magazine, the Telegraph Magazine and Saga Magazine…’]Emma Soames[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Acclaimed British interior designer Flora Soames founded her eponymous firm in 2009 and launched a celebrated collection …’]Flora Soames[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities…’]Andrei Soldatov[/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=’Jake Wallis Simons is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist…’]Jake Wallis Simons[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Emma Walmsley was appointed CEO of GSK, a global biopharma company in 2017…’]Emma Walmsley[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Calder Walton, an historian at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, is one of the world’s leading scholars of intelligence…’]Calder Walton[/simple_tooltip]

[simple_tooltip content=’Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading thinker on Israel, Zionism, foreign policy and education…’]Einat Wilf[/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=’Author, journalist, filmmaker. Founding editor-in-chief of the Russian independent news TV-channel…’]Mikhail Zygar[/simple_tooltip]

SATURDAY

Zadie Smith

Tom Holland

Mary Beard

Maggie O’Farrell

Katherine Rundell

Emily Maitlis

Daniel Finkelstein

Tristram Hunt

Emma Walmsley

Philippe Sands

Jonathan Freedland

Merve Emre

Olesya Khromeychuk

Nick Laird

David Lammy

Yana Peel

Marc Quinn

Naomi Ishiguro

Jonathan Bate

Martha Kearney

Camilla Cavendish

Daniel Chandler

Justine Picardie

Yonca Dervisoglu

Will Gompertz

Alice Thomson

Octavius Black

Martin Ivens

Joanne Cash

Albert Read

Emily Benn

James McAuley

Oriole Cullen

Luke Pepera

Simon Sebag Montefiore

SUNDAY

Peter Frankopan

Marlon James

Simon Schama

General David Petraeus

Alex Younger

Fatima Farheen Mirza

James Marriott

Merve Emre

William Shawcross

Calder Walton

Pauline Neville-Jones

Mikhail Zygar

Munira Mirza

Mansoor Abulhoul

Jane Ridley

Hannah Rothschild

Maryam Aslany

Tomiwa Owolade

Tom Crewe

Robert Hardman

Iona McLaren

Anne McElvoy

Einat Wilf

Emma Soames

Flora Soames

Andrei Soldatov

Jonathan Maxwell

Ed Conway

Con Coughlin

Jake Wallis Simons

Natalie Livingstone

Catherine Ostler

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Andrew Roberts

Please note, on occasion, the programme and speaker list may be subject to change.