History, Arts & Literary speakers

John Mauceri
Conductor and Author, Founding Director and Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (1991-2006)

Calder Walton
Leading Expert on Intelligence and National Security

Billy Harris
Professional actor


Isabel Hardman
Accomplished political journalist


David Eades
Journalist and broadcaster


Jack Losh
War correspondent and documentary filmmaker


Anna Lapwood
Musician, organist & conductor - known to many as the Tik Tok Organist, with more than 1 million followers


Lucy Worsley
Renowned historian, broadcaster and author

Samir Puri
Former UK diplomat


Natasha Lance Rogoff
Award-winning television producer & writer


Ai-Da
World's First Ultra-realistic Robot Artist,
First Humanoid to Paint Queen Elizabeth II,
TEDx Presenter of "The Intersection of Art and AI."


Shlomo Ben-Ami
Israeli historian, former politician, and diplomat.

Mark Updegrove
Presidential Historian for ABC News, Author, CEO of the LBJ Foundation


Andrew Roberts
Leading Historian, Journalist, Author and White House Guest Lecturer (2007),
Bestselling Author of "The Storm of War", "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" and "Napoleon: A Life"


Mikki Kendall
Cultural Critic, Social Media Commentor and Public Speaker

Robert Service
One of the world's foremost authorities on modern Russia


Ian Morris
Historian and Archaeologist - Stanford Professor


Ken Burns
Winner of 16 Emmy and 2 Grammy awards
Member of the American Philosophical Society

David Olusoga
Author of 'Black and British: A Forgotten History' and award-winning documentarian


William Sieghart
Philanthropist, publisher and former chairman of Somerset House Trust