Leaf Arbuthnot<\/b> is a freelance journalist. Her first novel, Looking For Eliza<\/i>, will be published by Orion in May.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Arcuri<\/b> is an American technology entrepreneur. She founded the consultancy Hacker House.<\/p>\n
Christopher Bray<\/b> is a journalist and writer. He is the author of Michael Caine: A Class Act<\/i> (Faber & Faber).<\/p>\n
Nick Cohen<\/b> is a columnist for the Observer<\/i> and author of What\u2019s Left? How the Left lost its way<\/i> (Harper Perennial).<\/p>\n
David Cox<\/b> is a writer and television producer.<\/p>\n
Edmund Fawcett <\/b>is a political journalist and author. His next book, Conservatism<\/i>, will be published this autumn.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Gaisman<\/b> is a QC practising in commercial law. He used to preside over criminal trials as a Crown Court recorder.<\/p>\n
John Gerson<\/b> is a former diplomat. He is
\nvisiting professor at the Policy Institute, King\u2019s College, London.<\/p>\n
Daisy Goodwin<\/b> is a writer and television producer. She is the creator and writer of the ITV television series Victoria<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Simon Heffer<\/b> is an academic and journalist. His latest book is The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914<\/i> (Random House).<\/p>\n
Ileana von Hirsch<\/b> is the author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Chemo<\/i> (Short Books). She runs Five Star Greece, a travel company.<\/p>\n
Peter Hitchens <\/b>is a columnist for the Mail on Sunday<\/i> and author. His books include The Rage Against God: Why Faith is the Foundation of Civilisation<\/i> (Continuum).<\/p>\n
Christian House<\/b> writes about photography.<\/p>\n
Helen Joyce<\/b> is on a sabbatical from the Economist<\/i> while she writes a book on gender self-ID.<\/p>\n
Irene Lancaster<\/b> is a scholar of Jewish history and thought.<\/p>\n
Mark Lawson<\/b> is a writer and broadcaster. His latest book is the novel, The Allegations <\/i>(Picador).<\/p>\n
Maureen Lipman<\/b> is an actress, comedian and writer. She currently plays Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Victor Madeira<\/b> is an intelligence historian and consultant. He is the author of Britannia and the Bear: The Anglo-Russian Intelligence Wars, 1917-1929 <\/i>(Boydell & Brewer).<\/p>\n
Melanie McDonagh<\/b> is a journalist.<\/p>\n
Jane O\u2019Grady <\/b>co-founded the London School of Philosophy. Her latest book is
\nEnlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell<\/i>
\n(Arcturus).<\/p>\n
Kathy O\u2019Shaughnessy <\/b>is a journalist. Her new novel is In Love With George Eliot <\/i>(Scribe).<\/p>\n
Cindy Polemis<\/b> is an art historian and official guide at Tate Modern and Tate Britain. She curates art tours and spent many years working for BBC World Service.<\/p>\n
Lisbet Rausing<\/b> is an academic and philanthropist.<\/p>\n
Benedict Rogers<\/b> is a human rights activist and journalist and author of From Burma to Rome: A Journey into the Catholic Church<\/i> (Gracewing).<\/p>\n
Victor Sebestyen<\/b> is a writer and historian. His books include Lenin the Dictator <\/i>(Weidenfeld & Nicholson). <\/i><\/p>\n
Anthony Seldon<\/b> is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham and is a contemporary historian and political author, most recently of May at 10 <\/i>(Biteback).<\/p>\n
Samir Shah<\/b> runs Juniper Communications, a production company, and is a former senior BBC news and current affairs executive.<\/p>\n
Robert Singh<\/b> is professor of politics at Birkbeck, University of London. His books include In Defense of the United States Constitution<\/i> (Routledge).<\/p>\n
Ian Shircore<\/b> is an author and ghostwriter who has written a dozen books under his own name, including Loose Canon: The Extraordinary Songs of Clive James &<\/i> Pete Atkin<\/i> (RedDoor Publishing).<\/p>\n
Kathleen Stock <\/b>is professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex. She is currently writing a book on the importance of material reality to feminism.<\/p>\n
Tacitus <\/b>is an army officer.<\/p>\n
Nick Thomas-Symonds<\/b> is MP for Torfean, where he was born, and shadow security minister. He is a barrister and academic, and author of Attlee: A Life in Politics<\/i>\u00a0 (I.B. Tauris).<\/p>\n
Giles Udy<\/b> is a writer and historian. He is the author of Labour and the Gulag<\/i> (Biteback).<\/p>\n
Rosie Whitehouse<\/b> is a journalist and author. She advises Centropa, a Vienna-based Jewish history project, specialising in Holocaust survivors and their stories.<\/p>\n
Rowan Williams <\/b>was Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002-2012. He is master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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