Charlie Colenutt studied history at the University of Oxford, where he won the Gibbs Prize. After his undergraduate studies, he stayed in Oxford as the Amelia Jackson scholar, completing a postgraduate degree on the history of the United States. He then had a brief turn as a commercial barrister, before leaving law to work as… Read more »
Author type: Non-fiction
Claire Cohen
Claire Cohen is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She was named Women’s Editor of the Year by the prestigious British Society of Magazine Editors for her agenda-setting articles and campaigning. She regularly appears as a commentator on the BBC and national radio, as well as being an experienced public speaker. Claire has written for publications… Read more »
Barnabas Calder
Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture specialising in British architecture since 1945. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool, and is compiling an online complete works of Sir Denys Lasdun, funded by the Graham Foundation and in collaboration with the RIBA British Architectural Library Special Collections.
Pete Brown
Pete Brown was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and still occasionally gets dewy-eyed about northern bitter. Since 1991, he has worked in London in various marketing roles, the best of which have involved advertising beer. He runs his own marketing consultancy, writes regularly for the brewing industry trade press, and appears on TV every now… Read more »
Chris Bryant
Sir Chris Bryant has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001. He is the Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Europe and Latin America in the last Labour… Read more »
James Yorkston
James Yorkston is one of the most celebrated artists in British contemporary music. Over the course of a 15-year career as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he’s recorded a series of acclaimed albums showcasing a balance of folk and contemporary roots, often drawing deeply on traditional songs and narrative heritage. As a popular live performer and… Read more »
Jasper Rees
Jasper Rees has been a journalist since 1988. He has written over the years for most broadsheets, but principally the Daily Telegraph, Independent, Evening Standard and The Times Saturday Magazine. He has also written for Vogue, Harper’s, Radio Times and GQ. He lives in London.
Helen Rebanks
Helen Rebanks was born and raised on a farm in the English Lake District. Her family have been farming for many generations. Her parents kept dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep and her grandfather bred pedigree Clydesdale horses. She has a first class honours degree in Fine Art and she worked in Oxford before becoming… Read more »
Gustav Parker Hibbett
Gustav Parker Hibbett is a Black poet and essayist. They are originally from New Mexico and currently pursuing a PhD at Trinity College Dublin. They are a 2023 Obsidian Foundation Fellow and were selected as a runner-up for The Missouri Review’s 2022 Poem of the Year Award. Their work has appeared in Guernica, fourteen poems,… Read more »
Ben Martynoga
Ben Martynoga is a biologist and award-winning science writer. He has a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford and a PhD in neurobiology from the University of Edinburgh, and he has worked at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai and the National Institute for Medical Research and the Francis Crick Institute,… Read more »