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2025 Speakers

SATURDAY

Ian Rankin

Salman Rushdie

Jung Chang

Niall Ferguson

Alain de Botton

Marlon James

Wes Streeting

Emily Maitlis

Michael Gove

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Tristram Hunt

Merve Emre

Bari Weiss

Andrew Davies

Tina Brown

Peter Frankopan

James Marriott

Alex Burghart

Charles Moore

Sarah Vine

Jonathan Bate

David McCloskey

Dambisa Moyo

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Nicholas Boggs

Gordon Corera

Freya Johnston

Sarah Churchwell

Yana Peel

Coleman Hughes

Anand Giridharadas

Geordie Greig

Marina Warner

Andrei Soldatov

Emily Benn

Rachel Kelly

James McAuley

Jake Wallis Simons

Minna Salami

Alice Loxton

Luke Pepera

SUNDAY

Salman Rushdie

Richard E Grant

Douglas Murray

Hallie Rubenhold

Elif Shafak

Anthony Horowitz

William Boyd

Peter Godwin

Helen Castor

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Patrick Marber

Merve Emre

Andrew Davies

Peter Frankopan

Jonathan Freedland

Mark Rosenblatt

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Robert Hardman

Georgia Beaufort

Deborah Davis

Adam LeBor

Tim Bouverie

Anne Somerset

Cindy Yu

Anne Sebba

Alice Loxton

Hugo Rittson-Thomas

Victoria Summerley

Catherine Fitzgerald

Carol Woolton

Alexandra Shulman

Caroline Derby

AND OUR FOUNDERS

Catherine Ostler, Natalie Livingstone, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Andrew Roberts.

Jonathan Bate
Georgia Beaufort
Nicholas Boggs
Alain de Botton
Tim Bouverie
William Boyd
Tina Brown
Alex Burghartt
Helen Castor
Jung Chang
Sarah Churchwell
Gordon Corera
Andrew Davies
Deborah Davis
Caroline Derby
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Merve Emre
Niall Ferguson
Peter Frankopan
Jonathan Freedland
Anand Giridharadas
Peter Godwin
Michael Gove
Richard E Grant
Geordie Greig
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Robert Hardman
Anthony Horowitz
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Tristram Hunt
Marlon James
Freya Johnston
Rachel Kelly
Adam LeBor
Natalie Livingstone
Alice Loxton
Emily Maitlis
Patrick Marber
James Marriott
James McAuley
David McCloskey
Charles Moore
Dambisa Moyo
Douglas Murray
Catherine Ostler
Yana Peel
Luke Pepera
Ian Rankin
Hugo Rittson-Thomas
Andrew Roberts
Mark Rosenblatt
Hallie Rubenhold
Salman Rushdie
Minna Salami
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Anne Sebba
Elif Shafak
Alexandra Shulman
Andrei Soldatov
Anne Somerset
Victoria Summerley
Sarah Vine
Jake Wallis Simons
Carol Woolton
Cindy Yu

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