Speakers

Find out more about the speakers taking part in our 2021 Battle of Ideas festivals and satellite events.

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Tim Abrahams
contributing editor, Architectural Record; publisher, Machine Books

Kasim Agpak
politics and sociology teacher, Richmond upon Thames College

Professor Aaqil Ahmed
director, Amplify Consulting Ltd; professor of media, University of Bolton; former head of religion, Channel 4 and BBC

Arif Ahmed
reader in philosophy, University of Cambridge; fellow, Gonville and Caius College; free-speech campaigner

Dr Shahrar Ali
spokesperson for policing and domestic safety, Green Party; author, Why Vote Green 2015

Ruby Ali
teacher, religious studies; co-host, TeachMeet Religious Studies Icons; speaker, Don’t Divide Us

Duleep Allirajah
football writer; longterm spiked contributor; co-founder, Libero! network; season ticket holder, Crystal Palace

Dr Frankie Anderson
psychiatry trainee; co-founder, Sheffield Salon

Kate Andrews
commentator; economics editor, the Spectator; weekly columnist, Daily Telegraph business pages

Josie Appleton
director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State; blogger, notesonfreedom.com

Andy Argyle
company director; 2019 parliamentary candidate, Brexit Party

Peymana Assad
councillor, London Borough of Harrow; first person of Afghan origin elected to UK public office; founder, Labour Foreign Policy Group

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Tom Bailey
financial journalist

Allison Bailey
barrister; co-founder, LGB Alliance

Katy Balls
deputy political editor, the Spectator; presenter, Women with Balls; columnist, i newspaper

Emily Barley
leader, Conservative Group, Rotherham Council; chairman, Conservatives for Liberty

Aaron Bastani
co-founder, Novara Media; author, Fully Automated Luxury Communism: a manifesto

Sam Bayliss
writer; literature student, University of Edinburgh; member, Free Speech Champions

Christopher Beckett
religious education teacher, Holy Family Catholic School; writer; educationalist

Simon Belt
web and computer technology consultant; founder, Simply Better IT; founder, Manchester Salon

James Bembridge
deputy editor, Country Squire Magazine

Daniel Ben-Ami
journalist; author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress and Cowardly Capitalism

Madalina Benderschi
conference producer; project coordinator; leader, UK-JP; Living Freedom alumnus

Dr Piers Benn
philosopher, author and lecturer

Sabine Beppler-Spahl
chair, Freiblickinstitut e.V; CEO, Sprachkunst36; author, Off-centre: how party consensus undermines our democracy; Germany correspondent, spiked

Tom Bewick
presenter, Skills World Live; chief executive, Federation of Awarding Bodies

Laura Bierer-Nielsen
political consultant; founder and director, Foundation for Uyghur Freedom

Julie Bindel
journalist; author, Feminism for Women: the real route to liberation

Katharine Birbalsingh
headmistress, Michaela Community School; author and editor, The Power of Culture

Dr Tim Black
books and essays editor, spiked

Dr Stephen Blackwood
founder and president, Ralston College, Savannah; author, The Consolation of Boethius as Poetic Liturgy

James Bloodworth
journalist; author, Hired: six months undercover in low-wage Britain

David Bowden
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Jan Bowman
artist; illustrator; author

Martin Boyd
chair of trustees, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership

Dr Tony Breslin
educationalist; school governor; author, Lessons from Lockdown: the educational legacy of Covid-19; director, Breslin Public Policy Limited

Justine Brian
director, Civitas Schools; commentator on food issues

Dr Carlton Brick
lecturer in sociology, The University of the West of Scotland

Jennie Bristow
senior lecturer in sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University; author, The Corona Generation: coming of age in a crisis and Growing up in Lockdown

Kerry Brown
author, China; professor of Chinese Studies; director, Lau China Institute, King’s College

Nick Buckley MBE
charity founder, writer, former mayoral candidate

Ian Burns
religious studies and ethics teacher

Louise Burton
history teacher

Nick Busvine OBE
founding partner, Herminius; former mayor, Sevenoaks Town Council; former diplomat, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dr Jim Butcher
lecturer; researcher; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development

Jessica Butcher MBE
tech entrepreneur; co-founder, Tick.; co-founder, Blippar; commissioner, Equality and Human Rights Commission

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Kyle Cajigas
economics, English, and politics A-Level student, Richmond upon Thames College

Dr Andrew Calcutt
news poet; writer; editor, Proof; co-author, Journalism Studies: a critical introduction

Marion Calder
co-director, For Women Scotland

Alex Cameron
graphic designer; design and cultural critic

Silkie Carlo
director, Big Brother Watch

Emily Carver
head of media, Institute of Economic Affairs

JJ Charlesworth
art critic; senior editor, ArtReview

Donald Clark
tech entrepreneur; investor; professor; author; founder, Epic plc; CEO, WildFire

Carrie Clark
coordinator, Don't Divide Us; founding member, Counterweight

Tessa Clarke
documentary film director and producer; author, Disclosure: media freedom and the privacy debate after Diana

Michael Clarkson
senior researcher, Peston, ITV

Dave Clements
policy and strategy consultant; writer

William Clouston
party leader, Social Democratic Party

Ben Cobley
author, The Tribe: the liberal-left and the system of diversity; public speaker; former Labour Party activist

Joel Cohen
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Liz Cole
campaigner, UsforThem; parent

Sue Cook
broadcaster, You and Yours, Making History, Nationwide, Breakfast Time, Daytime Live, Children in Need, Out of Court and CrimewatchUK; novelist

Frances Coppola
financial writer, Coppola Comment and Coindesk

Sophie Corcoran
business management student, Durham university; writer and commentator; footballer, Leyton Orient WFC and FA Womens National League

Niall Crowley
designer; writer; former East End pub landlord

Rosamund Cuckston
organiser, Birmingham Salon; lead singer, Pram

Dolan Cummings
author, Gehenna: a novel of Hell and Earth; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; co-founder, Manifesto Club

Dr Philip Cunliffe
senior lecturer in politics and international relations, University of Kent; co-founder, The Full Brexit; author, Cosmopolitan Dystopia: international intervention and the failure of the West; co-host, Aufhebunga Bunga podcast

Edwina Currie
author; broadcaster; politician; celebrity speaker

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Alex Dale
designer and writer

Dr NobuLali Dangazele
lecturer, Gordon Institute of Business Science; founder, ShakeXperience; co-founder, Nudgeathon

Dr Marie Kawthar Daouda
lecturer in French language and literature, Oriel College, University of Oxford; author, L’Anti-Salomé

Neil Davenport
cultural critic; head of faculty of social sciences, JFS Sixth Form Centre

Samantha Davies
barrister; writer; commentator; president, Business and Human Rights Commission, Union Internationale des Avocats

Rowenna Davis
teacher and writer; author, Tangled Up In Blue: blue Labour and the struggle for Labour's soul

Chrissie Daz
schoolteacher; cabaret performer; author on transgender and gender variant identity

Amali De Alwis
CEO, Subak; former CEO, Code First: Girls; founding member, Tech Talent Charter

Belinda de Lucy
former MEP; former member, Women's Rights (FEMM) Committee, Eu Parliament; commentator

Liam Deacon
producer, GB News

Mary Dejevsky
former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington; special correspondent in China; writer and broadcaster

Brian Denny
trade-union journalist, Rebuild Britain; author, Rebuild Britain’s Fishing Industry; curator, Working River: songs and music of the Thames project

Dr Shirley Dent
communications specialist; PR lecturer; co-author, Radical Blake

Professor Dr Oleg Dik
professor, urban sociology and theology, Tabor Protestant University; lecturer, sociology of religion, Humboldt University

Nick Dixon
comedian; writer; actor

Laura Dodsworth
writer; photographer; author, A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic

Alastair Donald
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; convenor, Living Freedom; author, Letter on Liberty: The Scottish Question

Pamela Dow
executive director, government skills and curriculum unit, Cabinet Office

Andrew Doyle
writer and comedian; author, Free Speech and Why It Matters

Professor Bill Durodié
chair of International Relations, department of politics, languages and international studies, University of Bath

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Dr Wendy Earle
convenor, Arts and Society Forum; former impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London

Dr Rakib Ehsan
author, Manufactured Grievance: the modern Left and Britain’s ethnic minorities; research fellow, The Henry Jackson Society

Simon Elmer
founder and director of research, Architects for Social Housing

Paul Embery
firefighter; trade unionist; columnist; author; broadcaster

Daria Ermolenko
student, University of East London; former SU president, University of Buckingham; former student happiness champion; mental-health first aider

Simon Evans
comedian; regular panellist, BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz

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Mick Fealty
founding editor, Slugger O’Toole

Tom Finn-Kelcey
head of faculty, Social Sciences, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Faversham, Kent

Naomi Firsht
journalist; co-author, The Parisians’ Guide to Cafés, Bars and Restaurants

Kathryn Flett
journalist; author, Outstanding, Separate Lives and The Heart-Shaped Bullet

Inaya Folarin Iman
GB News journalist; political commentator; social campaigner; founder and director, The Equiano Project

Tracey Follows
founder and CEO, Futuremade; author, The Future of You: can your identity survive 21st century technology?

Maya Forstater
executive director, Sex Matters

Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; independent peer, House of Lords; author, I STILL Find That Offensive!

Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser
Anglican priest; panellist, BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze; assistant editor, UnHerd

Dr Ashley Frawley
senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, Swansea University; author, Significant Emotions and Semiotics of Happiness

Rose Frimpong
co-host, Two Twos Podcast; founder, Black LGBTQIA+ Therapy Fund

Dr Roslyn Fuller
managing director, Solonian Democracy Institute; author, In Defence of Democracy

Ann Furedi
author, The Moral Case for Abortion; former chief executive, BPAS

Jacob Furedi
deputy editor, UnHerd; former associate features editor, Daily Mail

Professor Frank Furedi
sociologist and social commentator; author, 100 Years of Identity Crisis: culture war over socialisation and Democracy Under Siege: don't let them lock it down!

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Elisabetta Gasparoni
teacher; founder, Aesthetic Study Group

Tarjinder Gill
class teacher and writing lead, Primary English Education Consultancy; writer, All in Britain; founding member, Don't Divide Us

Charlotte Gill
writer; deputy editor, ConservativeHome

Tony Gilland
teacher of maths and economics; Associate Fellow, Academy of Ideas

Emma Gilland
sixth-form student; co-author, The Corona Generation: coming of age in a crisis

Jodie Ginsberg
chief executive, Internews Europe

Luke Gittos
criminal lawyer; director, Freedom Law Clinic; legal editor, spiked; author, Human Rights - Illusory Freedom

Dr Alberto Giubilini
senior research fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford; author, The Ethics of Vaccination

Dr Daniel Glaser
director of science engagement, Royal Institution; neuroscientist

Lord Maurice Glasman
Labour life peer; director, the Common Good Foundation; author, Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia

Suzi Godson
columnist, The Times; co-founder, MeeToo Education; author, The MeeToo Teenage Mental Help Handbook

Dr Emma Gordon
director, Administrative Data Research UK programme (ADR UK), Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)

Manick Govinda
freelance arts consultant; writer; mentor, co-founder, Artists for Brexit

Jonathan Grant
chartered accountant; arts critic

Professor Sunetra Gupta
professor of theoretical epidemiology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford; award-winning novelist

Ewan Gurr
columnist, Dundee Evening Telegraph

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Pauline Hadaway
researcher; writer; co-founder, The Liverpool Salon; author, Escaping the Panopticon

Liam Halligan
columnist, Sunday Telegraph; presenter, On the Money, GB News; author, Home Truths: the UK's chronic housing shortage

Paddy Hannam
editorial assistant, spiked

Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer and broadcaster; presenter, Radio 4's FutureProofing and How to Disagree; comedian, Take A Risk; author, Big Data: does size matter?

George Harrison
co-author, Inside Allenwood; writer; journalist

Phil Harrison
writer; author, The First Day; filmmaker, Even Gods

Dennis Hayes
professor of education, University of Derby; founder and director, Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF); author, The Death of Academic Freedom? Free speech and censorship

Dr Deborah Hayton
teacher; trade union officer; contributor, Spectator, Unherd and other publications

James Heartfield
lecturer; author, The Equal Opportunities Revolution and The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society: a history

Guy Herbert
general secretary, NO2ID

Dr Caspar Hewett
lecturer in water group and EuroAquae+ programme director, School of Engineering, Newcastle University; director, The Great Debate

Victoria Hewson
head of regulatory affairs, Institute of Economic Affairs

Rafe Heydel-Mankoo
royal commentator; former editor, World Orders of Knighthood & Merit; trustee, Canadian Royal Heritage Trust

Jeremy Hildreth
author, Unfuckwithable Money and Brand America; travel writer; commentator, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, Monocle, the New York Post and the Washington Times

Dr Adrian Hilton
lecturer in politics and philosophy; author, Academies and Free Schools in England: a history and philosophy of the Gove Act

Dr Tony Hinton
consultant surgeon; writer; lecturer

Julia Hobsbawm OBE
chair, The Workshift Commission; founder and chair, Editorial Intelligence; author of the forthcoming book The Nowhere Office: reinventing work and the workplace of the future?

Joan Hoey
director, Europe, The Economist Intelligence Unit; editor, The EIU Democracy Index

Jon Holbrook
barrister; writer, spiked, the Critic, The Conservative Woman

Kirsty Holder
senior leader and geography teacher

Hilton Holloway
founder, 5054 magazine; automotive industry writer and specialist; future tech specialist

Kelvin Hopkins
writer and campaigner, Rebuild Britain

Bryony Hoskins
Professor of comparative social science, University of Roehampton; author, Education, Democracy and Inequality: political engagement and citizenship education in Europe

Jennifer Howze
journalist; travel writer; co-founder, BritMums, former director of communications, British Guild of Travel Writers

Flora Huang
professor of law and business, University of Derby; author, Chinese and Global Financial Integration through Stock Connect

Mick Hume
columnist, spiked; author, Revolting!: how the establishment are undermining democracy and what they’re afraid of and Trigger Warning

Josephine Hussey
school teacher; theatre lover

Becca Hutson
head of digital, GB News; former director of video, MailOnline; former head of multimedia, Northern and Shell

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Ike Ijeh
writer; architect; senior fellow for architecture and urban space, Policy Exchange; founder, London Architecture Walks

Ijeoma Elizabeth Ikeazor
law, sociology and English literature student, Richmond upon Thames College

David Ireland
playwright and actor

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Sherelle Jacobs
columnist, Daily Telegraph

Dr David James
deputy head at a London independent school; author, Schools of Thought; former teacher-in-residence, Department for Education

Abbot Christopher Jamison
Abbot President, English Benedictine Congregation; author, Finding Sanctuary and Finding Happiness

Alexander Jan
non-executive chair, Central District Alliance; chief economic advisor, London Property Alliance; member, Mayor of London infrastructure advisory group

Dr Tiffany Jenkins
writer and broadcaster; author, Keeping Their Marbles: how treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there; presenter, A Narrative History of Secrecy

Professor Peter John
head, School of Politics and Economics, King’s College London; author, Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think: experimenting with ways to change civic behaviour and British Politics: an analytical approach

Dr Richard Johnson
writer; lecturer in US politics, Queen Mary, University of London; author, The End of the Second Reconstruction: Obama, Trump, and the crisis of civil rights

Katy Jon Went
diversity and inclusion facilitator and educator, Human Library, Pick My Brain, GenderAgenda, Fifty Shades of Gender

Dr Nicholas Joseph
lecturer, School of Education, University of Derby

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Eric Kaufmann
professor of politics, Birkbeck College, University of London; Advisory Council member, Free Speech Union; author, Whiteshift: immigration, populism and the future of white majorities

Eve Kay
executive producer; International Emmy winner; Real TV Critics Choice award winner; Creative Arts Emmy winner

Steve Kelleher
founder, Alphaprobe consultancy; former SDP candidate for Mayor of London

Jemima Kelly
Alphaville reporter and Notebook columnist, Financial Times; former FX/fintech correspondent, Reuters

Lisa Keogh
law graduate, Abertay University

Khadija Khan
journalist and commentator

Geoff Kidder
director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Book Club

Rob Killick
CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession

Nicolas Kinloch
history teacher; teacher fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies; honorary fellow, Historical Association; author, In Defence of Teaching History

Konstantin Kisin
comedian; creator and co-host, TRIGGERnometry YouTube show; author, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

Dr Philip Kiszely
lecturer in performance and cultural histories, University of Leeds; author, Hollywood through Private Eyes

Rita Krishna
former Labour Councillor, London Borough of Hackney; advocate for active travel

Matthew Kruger
advocate, Johannesburg Bar

Jacklin Kwan
freelance journalist

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Dr Sean Lang
senior lecturer in History, Anglia Ruskin University; author, First World War for Dummies; fellow, Historical Association

Dr Shirley Lawes
researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques

Laurie Laybourn-Langton
researcher; writer; associate fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research; co-author, Planet on Fire: A manifesto for the age of environmental breakdown

Ellie Lee
professor of family and parenting research, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies

Kirk Leech
executive director, European Animal Research Association (EARA)

Ralph Leonard
author, Unshackling Intimacy: Letters on Liberty; contributor, Areo

Dr Norman Lewis
director, Futures-Diagnosis Ltd; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

Penny Lewis
lecturer, University of Dundee; author, Architecture and Collective Life

Oscar Lopez
political and social commentator; host, A Pint of Interest

Mo Lovatt
national coordinator, Debating Matters; programme coordinator, Academy of Ideas

Rebecca Lowe
freelance writer and consultant; former director, FREER; author, Why Democracy? Taking political rights seriously; co-founder, Radical

Rob Lownie
editor, The New Taboo; journalist; founding member, Free Speech Champions

Rob Lyons
science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Economy Forum

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Bruno Maçães
senior adviser, Flint Global; author, Belt and Road: history has begun and The Dawn of Eurasia

Dr Jan Macvarish
education and events director, Free Speech Union; visiting research fellow, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies; author, Neuroparenting: the expert invasion of family life

Beverley Marshall
AOI Parents Forum; working mum of three teenage children; volunteer, Samaritans, Olympics, EURO 2020; NHS volunteer responder; volunteer vaccinator for St John Ambulance

Toby Marshall
film studies teacher; member, AOI Education Forum

Tony Matharu
founder, Blue Orchid Hotels; founder, Central London Alliance;

Catherine McBride
economist; fellow, Centre for Brexit Policy

Kevin McCullagh
founder, Plan; innovation strategist and writer

Dr Claire McGuiggan
principal educational and child psychologist; co-founder, Not The Easy Way; specialist in SEND

Alexander McKay
editor, Red Star Radio podcast

Lisa Mckenzie
working-class academic; author, Getting By: estates class and culture in austerity Britain and Working Class Lockdown Diaries

Simon McKeon
archivist; 20 years experience of working in local authority culture departments; writer

Shelagh McNerney
independent built environment consultant

Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler
senior lecturer in education studies, Institute of Education, University of Derby; author, The Racialisation of Campus Relations

Sally Millard
co-founder, AoI Parents Forum

Alan Miller
co-founder, Old Truman Brewery, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), Recovery, Open For All and Together; campaigner, #Together #Openforall

Harry Miller
chairman, The Reclaim Party; founder, Fair Cop

Jason Miller
CEO, GETTR ; former senior advisor, Donald J Trump; contributor, Newsmax TV

Joel Mills
senior music programme manager, British Council

Ali Miraj
columnist, TheArticle; founder, the Contrarian Prize; infrastructure financier; DJ

Ian Mitchell
English literature and psychology teacher; writer, Teachwire; member, AoI Education Forum

Rick Moore
business owner, InControl; electronic engineer; deputy chair political, Blackburn Conservative Association

Freya Moorhouse
a-level student in government and politics, English literature and maths, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Liz Moorse
chief executive, Association for Citizenship Teaching

Lord Moylan
conservative peer

Phil Mullan
Writer, lecturer and business manager; author, Beyond Confrontation: globalists, nationalists and their discontents

Para Mullan
former operations director, EY-Seren; fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Zuzanna Murawiak
fine arts student, University of The Arts London; writer, The New Taboo; member, Free Speech Champions

Linda Murdoch
campaigner for rights and democracy in Scotland; director of careers and global opportunities, University of Glasgow

Andrée Murphy
columnist; Belfast Media Group and Belfast Telegraph; board member, Ireland’s Future

James Murray
lawyer; senior associate, Taylor Vinters; research fellow, University of Buckingham;

Masimba Musodza
novelist in ChiShona and English; blogger, The Times of Israel; writer

Fraser Myers
deputy editor, spiked; producer, spiked podcast

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Michael Nath
author, The Treatment and La Rochelle; senior lecturer in creative writing and English literature, University of Westminster

Joe Nutt
international educational consultant; author, The Point of Poetry, An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Late Plays and A Guidebook to Paradise Lost

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Kunle Olulode
director, Voice4Change England

Andrew Orlowski
columnist, Daily Telegraph; founder, Think of X

Ruby Osman
geopolitical researcher, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; founder, Silk Road Society Think-Tank; former translator, CCP Translation Bureau

Dr Michael Owens
urban planning consultant and lecturer; former head of development policy, London Development Agency

Tomiwa Owolade
writer and critic

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Sam Parker
parliamentary advisor, Church of England; former aid, European Parliament

Parth Patel
research fellow, IPPR; junior doctor; writer, The Lancet, BMJ, Independent and Financial Times

Sebastian Payne
Whitehall editor, Financial Times; presenter, Payne's Politics; author, Broken Heartlands: a journey through Labour's lost England

David Pearce
director of fundraising and marketing, Dignity in Dying

Allison Pearson
columnist, Daily Telegraph; bestselling author, I Don’t Know How She Does It; co-presenter, Planet Normal podcast

David Perks
founder and principal, East London Science School

Martyn Perks
digital business consultant and writer; former Islington by-election independent candidate; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

Gillian Philip
Carnegie Medal-nominated writer; driver

Jo Phillips
journalist; co-author, Why Vote? and Why Join a Trade Union?; former political advisor; fellow, Radix

Ben Pile
writer; researcher

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Alan Posener
journalist; former opinion editor, Die Welt; author, Benedict's Crusade: The Attack of the Vatican on Modern Society

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Martin Powell
head of sustainability, Siemens Inc; former mayoral advisor on the environment; editor, The Climate City

Heydon Prowse
satirist; writer and actor, The Revolution Will be Televised, The Ministry of Justice and Revolting; columnist, Wokeyleaks, Spectator

Professor Vicky Pryce
chief economic adviser and board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research; author, Women vs Capitalism

Jake Pugh
commercial director, hellosocialclub; managing director, PughView; former MEP, Brexit Party

Dr Vanessa Pupavac
associate professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham; author, Changing European Visions of Disaster and Development

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Zara Qureshi
project manager, The Equiano Project; co-founding member, Free Speech Champions

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Dr Shibley Rahman
special advisor on disability; carer; member, Royal College of Physicians of London

Peter Ramsay
professor of law, London School of Economics and Political Science; author, The Insecurity State; founding signatory, The Full Brexit

Adam Rawcliffe
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Rebecca Reid
journalist and commentator; author, Two Wrongs and The Power of Rude

Ed Rennie
catholic writer; political analyst; founding member, Catholic Voices

Jacob Reynolds
partnerships manager, Academy of Ideas

Vicky Richardson
architectural writer; head of architecture and Drue Heinz curator, Royal Academy of Arts

Harley Richardson
blogger, historyofeducation.net; organising committee, AoI Education Forum

Dr Stuart Ritchie
psychologist; lecturer, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London; author, Science Fictions: exposing fraud, bias, negligence and hype in science

Martin Robinson
educational consultant; author, Curriculum: Athene vs the machine and Trivium 21c: preparing young people for the future with lessons from the past

Reverend Seminarian Calvin Robinson
senior fellow, Policy Exchange; subject matter expert, National Centre for Computing Education; former assistant principal

Kevin Rooney
convenor, AoI Education Forum; politics teacher; co-author, The Blood Stained Poppy

Dr Jeanette Rowley
chair, International Rights Network, The Vegan Society; vegan rights advocate

Professor Xing Ruan
Guangqi chair professor and dean, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; author, Confucius’ Courtyard

Nigel Ruddock
chief financial officer, Technology Minerals PLC; accountant and insolvency specialist; trustee, former head and chairman of automotive services, Grant Thornton;

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Alex Salmond
leader, ALBA Party; former leader, Scottish National Party; author, The Dream Shall Never Die

Hilary Salt
actuary; founder, First Actuarial

Dominique Samuels
political commentator and writer

Jane Sandeman
chief operating officer, The Passage; convenor, AoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny

Max Sanderson
editor of weekly podcasts, Guardian

Gabriele Sartoris
writer, The New Taboo; member, Free Speech Champions

Freddie Sayers
executive editor, UnHerd; former editor-in-chief, YouGov; founder, PoliticsHome

Lewis Schaffer

Dr Richard Scheffer
retired consultant in palliative medicine; former hospice medical director; former board member, Dignity in Dying and Compassion in Dying

Dr Patrik Schumacher
principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture

Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
head of education and co-ordinator, Don't Divide Us; author, What should schools teach? Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth

Dr Tony Sewell CBE
chair, Generating Genius; chairman, The Sewell Report; former chair, Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission

Professor Len Shackleton
professor of economics, University of Buckingham; editorial and research fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs

Daniel Sharp
writer; books correspondent and editorial assistant, Areo; member, Free Speech Champions

Lord Sharpe
director, Primary Research; peer, House of Lords

Andy Shaw
co-founder, Comedy Unleashed

Marc Sidwell
writer; author, author of The Long March: how the left won the culture war and what to do about it

Professor Karol Sikora
chief medical officer, Rutherford Health; founder, Cancer Partners UK; author, Treatment of Cancer; honorary consultant oncologist, Hammersmith Hospital

Tom Slater
editor, spiked; regular commentator on TV and radio; co-host, spiked podcast

Professor Katherine Sleeman
Laing Galazka chair in palliative care, King's College London; honorary consultant in palliative medicine, King's College Hospital NHS Trust

Christopher Snowdon
head of lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; editor, Nanny State Index; author, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism

Nikos Sotirakopoulos
lecturer in sociology, York St John University; author, Identity Politics and Tribalism: The New Culture Wars and The Rise of Lifestyle Activism

Dr Alex Standish
senior lecturer in geography education, University College London; co-author, What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth

Sarah Standish
school counsellor, Nower Hill High School; former family counsellor, National Spinal Injuries Centre

Tim Stanley
columnist and leader writer, Daily Telegraph; author, Whatever Happened to Tradition? History, Belonging and the Future of the West

Sandy Starr
deputy director, Progress Educational Trust

Kathleen Stock
professor of philosophy, University of Sussex; author, Material Girls: why reality matters for feminism

Baroness Stowell
Conservative peer, House of Lords; former leader of the House of Lords; former head of corporate affairs, BBC

Graham Stringer MP
member of parliament, Blackley and Broughton; select committee member, Science and Technology Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee

Gareth Sturdy
physics advisor, Up Learn; education and science writer

Dr Li Sun
lecturer in sociology and social policy, University of Leeds; author, Rural Urban Migration and Policy Intervention in China

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Dr Günes Taylor
research scientist; public speaker

Richard Taylor
campaigner, activist and political commentator; director and broadcaster, Rich Politics

Dolly Theis
PhD student, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge

Dr Maren Thom
lecturer; writer; acting and vocal trainer

Paul Thomas
civil servant; qualified FE teacher; organiser, Leeds Salon

Richard Tice
leader, Reform UK; businessman with 30 years in the property industry

Robert Tombs
emeritus professor of French history, Cambridge University; author, This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe

James Tooley
vice chancellor, University of Buckingham; author, The Beautiful Tree

Gawain Towler
consultant; former director of communications, Brexit Party

Dr Radomir Tylecote
director of defence and security for democracy, Civitas; author, Inadvertently Arming China?

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Professor Patrick Vernon OBE
independent non-executive director, Birmingham and Solihull ICS; social commentator; co-author, 100 Great Black Britons; creator, Every Generation Game: Windrush Edition; fellow, Clore and Winston Churchill

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Dr Stuart Waiton
senior lecturer, sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Scared of the Kids: curfews crime and the regulation of young people

Reverend Philip Waldron
Unitarian District Minister for Merseyside

Barry Wall
managing director, Edileaditandliveit.co.uk

Sean Walsh
teacher; head of history

Bruno Waterfield
Brussels correspondent, The Times

Don Watkins
author, Free Market Revolution, Equal Is Unfair and I Am Justice

Sophie Watson
student; Free Speech Champion

Emma Webb
commentator; writer; deputy research director, Free Speech Union; co-founder, Save Our Statues

Dr Diane Wei Liang
professor of business; author, The Eye of Jade and Lake With No Name

Ella Whelan
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; journalist; author, What Women Want

Jhanelle White
student, King’s College London; former president, KCLSU Chemistry Society and Black in STEM Society

Peter Whittle
founder and director, New Culture Forum

Austin Williams
senior lecturer, Dept of Architecture, Kingston University, London; honorary research fellow, XJTLU, Suzhou, China; author, China’s Urban Revolution: understanding Chinese eco-cities

Dr Joanna Williams
founder and director, Cieo; author, Women vs Feminism and Consuming Higher Education: why learning can't be bought

Dr Glynne Williams
associate professor, school of business, University of Leicester

Max Wind-Cowie
co-author, A Place for Pride; former head, Progressive Conservatism Project, Demos; commentator

James Woudhuysen
visiting professor, London South Bank University; co-author, Energise! A future for energy innovation; co-author, Why is construction so backward?

Martin Wright
writer and speaker; director, Positive News; formerly editor-in-chief, Green Futures

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Toby Young
general secretary, Free Speech Union; author, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People; associate editor, Spectator

Dr Kevin Yuill
associate professor of history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization and The Second Amendment and Gun Control: freedom, fear, and the American constitution

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Kolja Zydatiss
author, Cancel Culture: Democracy in Danger; journalist, Die Achse des Guten and Novo Argumente