History, Arts & Literary speakers
Lucy Worsley
Renowned historian, broadcaster and author
Samir Puri
Bestselling author and 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",
Department of War Studies Visiting Professor and Visiting Research Fellow - King's College London and Stanford University's Hoover Institution
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
Julian Baggini
Co-founder of "The Philosophers' Magazine" and esteemed author
J. Bradford DeLong
Economic Historian and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley
Sophie Raworth
BBC Journalist, Newsreader and Broadcaster
Dave Barry
Humorist & Best-Selling Author
Theo Thomas
Keynote speaker on clean water, rivers and environment
Emma Bache
Graphologist and UK's leading handwriting expert
Robert Livingston
Author and Speaker on race, leadership and social justice