Lineup

Allie Esiri

• Writer & Curator

Ambika Mod

• Actor, Comedian & Writer

Anna Smith

• Film Critic

Annie Macmanus

• Broadcaster, Author & DJ

Bradley Banton

• Actor & Director

Corrina Antrobus

• Film Aficionado & Event Moderator

Dame Sheila Hancock

• Actor

Dame Zandra Rhodes

• Fashion and Textile Designer

Daniel Foxx

• Comedian and Writer

Daniel Lismore

• Artist

Darren Henley

• Chief Executive of Arts Council England

David Byrne

• Artistic Director and Playwright

David Morrissey

• Actor

David Shrigley

• Artist

Davina Forbes-Williamson

• CEO of Forbes Family Group

Deborah Frances-White

• Writer & Comedian

Dennis Morris

• Photographer

Dr Shama Rahman

• AI Scientist, Neuroscientist & Musician

Ekow Eshun

• Curator, Author & Broadcaster

Elizabeth Day

• Author and Podcaster

English National Ballet School

• Ballet School

Freya Salway

• Head of Google Arts & Culture Lab

George Monbiot

• Author and Environmentalist

Hannah MacInnes

• Broadcaster, Journalist & Podcaster

Ian McEwan

• Author

Jack Edwards

• YouTuber, Influencer and Author

Jordan Stephens

• Musician and Author

June Sarpong

• Presenter & Broadcaster

Kate Bryan

• Art Historian & Curator

Kate Hutchinson

• Journalist, Broadcaster and DJ

Kate Mosse

• Writer

Kathryn Hughes

• Author & Literary Critic

Katy Wickremesinghe

• Entrepreneur

Lesley Sharp

• Actor

LionHeart

• Artist, Poet & Visionary Director

Lloyd Griffith

• Comedian & Actor

Lucas Jones

• Poet & Actor

Lyse Doucet OBE

• Journalist

Marian Keyes

• Author

Matt Haig

• Author

Michael Odewale

• Comedian & Writer

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

• Jazz Orchestra

Nick Hilder

• Singer & Songwriter

Nitin Sawhney

• Musician and Composer

Olivia Cole

• Poet & Writer

Omar Karim

• Creative Director, AI Filmmaker

Rupert Everett

• Actor, Writer & Director

Sadie Frost

• Actor & Producer

Sally Phillips

• Actor, Writer & Comedian

Samira Ahmed

• Journalist

Shazia Mirza

• Comedian and Writer

Sheila Atim

• Actor

Sheila Nortley

• Executive Producer & Writer

Silk Road Slippers

• Writing Masterclass

Sindhu Vee

• Comedian, Writer & Actor

Sir Lenny Henry

• Actor, Writer & Comedian

Sir Stephen Fry

Suhair Khan

• Technology Entrepreneur

Susan Wokoma

• Actor

The London Theatre Review

• Podcast

Twiggy

• Model, Actor & Singer

Vicky Pasion

• Singer & Songwriter

William Boyd

• Author

Women’s Prize Trust

• Literary Salon