Erica Benner is a political philosopher and historian of ideas who has taught at Oxford, the LSE, and Yale. She has two earlier, acclaimed books on Niccolò Machiavelli, Machiavelli’s Ethics (Princeton, 2009) and Machiavelli’s Prince: A New Reading (OUP, 2013), and a book on the history of nationalist thinking, Really Existing Nationalisms (OUP, 1995 and… Read more »
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Frances Ashcroft
Royal Society Professor of Physiology at Oxford, Frances Ashcroft was one of five women to be made Laureates in the Unesco Science Awards for Women. Her work with insulin has transformed the lives of children suffering from diabetes. Collins published her successful Life at the Extremes, a study of what the human body can endure,… Read more »
Carlos Acosta
The greatest male ballet dancer of his generation, Carlos was the lead principal dancer at The Royal Ballet and now runs Acosta Danza in Cuba. He is an extraordinary writer. His memoir No Way Home tells the story of the eleventh child of a truck driver in the slums of Havana who was a delinquent… Read more »
Karen Armstrong
A former Catholic nun, Karen emerged as a writer with her memoir Through the Narrow Gate describing her convent life. Her brilliant The Spiral Staircase takes Karen from the convent into the world. Now an international bestselling author – she is published in 40 languages – Karen’s books which include A History of God, Islam… Read more »
John Barton
John Barton is a biblical scholar and was the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2014. In addition to his academic career, he has been an ordained and serving priest in the Church of England since 1973, and has represented Oxford clergy on… Read more »
John Batchelor
John Batchelor is Emeritus Professor of English at Newcastle University and a former tutorial Fellow of New College Oxford. He has now returned to Oxford and is a member of the Senior Common Room at New College. In a long writing career he has moved away from academic books to books for the general reader…. Read more »
James Attlee
James Attlee is the author of Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey (2007), Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight (2011), Station to Station: Searching for Stories on the Great Western Line (2015, shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year) and Guernica: Painting the End of the World (2017) among other titles, as… Read more »
Ben Ambridge
Ben Ambridge is Professor of Psychology at the University of Manchester. His first book, Psy-Q: You Know Your IQ – Now Test Your Psychological Intelligence (Profile Books, 2015), was translated into fifteen languages worldwide, and was shortlisted in the Popular Science category for the British Medical Association book awards. His follow-up, Are You Smarter Than a… Read more »
Johnny Acton
Johnny is the author of several books including Preserved (Kyle Cathie, 2005) and The Man Who Touched the Sky (Hodder, 2002), which was described as ‘a fascinating and exhilarating read’ by Sir Richard Branson. He co-authored The Football Book with David Goldblatt. In 2012, he and David published How To Watch the Olympics (UK: Profile; US: Riverhead), which… Read more »
Jonny Beardsall
Jonny edited Karl Bushby’s diary, Giant Steps: The Remarkable Story of the Goliath Expedition from Punta Arenas to Russia (Sphere, 2007). He writes for the Daily Telegraph and a number of other publications, primarily about the countryside. He also does a rather fine line in recycled fur hats.