History, Arts & Literary speakers

Anthony Seldon
Influential Educationalist

Robert D. Putnam
Harvard Social Scientist

Gbenga Akinnagbe
Actor, best known for The Wire on HBO

Christian Gansch
International Conductor & Management Consultant


Ian Leslie
Acute Observer of How we Behave

Lucy Hawking
Influential Populariser of Science

Christian Wolmar
Expert on Transportation

Thomas Kielinger
London Correspondent, Die Welt

Yuval Noah Harari
Expert on World History

Ben Mezrich
Best-selling Author, "Bringing Down the House"

Peter Bazalgette
Chairman of ITV and Chair, Arts Council England

Kate Adie
One of the World’s Leading War Correspondents

Elle Luna
Designer, Author, and Founder of the Bulan Project

Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz
Austrian Dramaturge

Hung Huang
One of China’s Most Popular Microbloggers

Carlos Acosta
World-renowned Dancer

Bernhard Kerres
Expert Speaker on Music & Management

Dick Cheatham
Historian and Former Television and Newspaper Journalist

Peter Hennessy
One of Britain’s Leading Historians

Vernon Bogdanor
One of Britain's Foremost Constitutional Experts