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Culture and Society Speakers
Culture and society speakers. The changing gender roles of men and women, legislation, law, morality, religion, culture wars and free speech in the twenty-first century.
David Aaronovitch
David Aaronovitch - Orwell Prize-winning journalist, author and long-running columnist for The Times. ... [more]
Mark Adams
Mark Adams - Vice President and Head of Innovation at VICE Media, expert voice on digital inclusion and expertise.... [more]
Samira Ahmed
Samira Ahmed multi-lingual journalist, broadcaster and documentary maker in the fields of culture, politics and social history.... [more]
Simon Akam
Speaker Simon Akam is a British journalist, historian of the British Army, and writer on the Covid-19 pandemic.... [more]
Audrey Allwood
Dr Audrey Allwood, speaker on health and well-being and anthropologist of Caribbean migration and belonging.... [more]
Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson - barrister turned comedian Clive Anderson made his mark on British television as the moderator and host of 90's improvisational comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway?... [more]
Steve Baker
Steve Baker, speaker, former MP, engineer, and business advisor as half of The Provocation People.... [more]
Kinvara Balfour
Kinvara Balfour - one of the worlds leading fashion writers advising brands on connecting with today's markets.... [more]
Sarah Begum
Sarah Begum is an investigative, anthropological journalist inspired to travel the world and highlight the plight of those without a voice.... [more]
Lucy Beresford
Lucy Beresford - writer, broadcaster and psychotherapist known for her work on relationships, mental health and wellbeing.... [more]
Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee - revolutionised the the world through the creation of the world wide web. He is also a key voice behind the idea of Net Neutrality.... [more]
Simon Biltcliffe
Simon Bitcliffe - founder of Webmart, shaped the business around his personal ethos that Marxism and Capitalism together are unbeatable.... [more]
Phillip Blond
Phillip Blond leads award-winning think-tank ResPublica. Internationally recognised thinker whose work has enormous policy & practical impact across European politics.... [more]
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson is the bestselling author of The Lost Continent, Mother Tongue, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes From a Big Country, Down Under and, most recently, A Short History of Nearly Everything.... [more]
Michael Buerk
Michael Buerk has won more international awards than any other British journalist, on TV since 1973, and hosts BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze and The Choice.... [more]
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips speaks powerfully about addiction issues and how best to help families grappling with these intensely difficult problems.... [more]
Eamonn Butler
Eamonn Butler - Director and founder of think tank, the Adam Smith Institute. Eamonn is a broadcaster and writer on issues of economy and social policy. ... [more]
Capri Cafaro
Capri Cafaro was ten years a Senator in the Ohio State legislature and known today for her healthcare and infrastructure policy expertise. Plus her passion for the traditions of great American food!... [more]
Camilla Cavendish
Camilla Cavendish - investigative journalist and former Head of the Downing Street Policy Unit. ... [more]
Greg Clark
Professor Greg Clark is a globally renowned keynote speaker on cities, urban investment, and sustainable urban development.... [more]
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton - the UK's most senior female firefighter. Homeless at fifteen, now an inspirational role-model, public servant, and motivational speaker.... [more]
Reverend Richard Coles
Reverend Richard Coles - musician, journalist and Church of English vicar. Richard presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and BBC One's Big Painting Challenge.... [more]
Paul Connolly
Paul Connolly - experienced television, radio broadcaster and investigative journalist focussed on undercover work, covert filming and confrontations with criminals.... [more]
George Cooper
George Cooper - author of The Origin of Financial Crises and Money, Blood & Revolution. Cooper explains how and why the very 'science of Economics' is wrong.... [more]
William Crawley
William Crawley is an Irishman, BBC broadcaster, journalist and blogger. His many programmes broadcast across the UK and investigate contemporary moral debates and Irish culture and society.... [more]
Pippa Crerar
Speaker Pippa Crerar offers deep insight into what is really going on inside British politics and beyond.... [more]
Rachel Cunliffe
Rachel Cunliffe is a political journalist, speaker, and broadcaster and is currently deputy online editor at the New Statesman.... [more]
Edwina Currie
Edwina Currie has taught economics, served as MP for South Derbyshire and as a junior Health Minister, written several books and is a regular feature on both TV and radio. Time Out magazine said of her "Frank and funny, you can't put her down".... [more]
Stephen Dalziel
Stephen Dalziel - former BBC Russian Affairs Analyst and Director of Russo-British Chamber of Commerce. Worked as a military analyst and political commentator.... [more]
Darryl Davis
Darryl Davis, speaker, is The Klan Whisperer, a man with wisdom on conflict, hate, intolerance.... [more]
John Denham
John Denham speaks about the new identity politics of England, setting cultural and political developments in a comprehensive international context.... [more]
Victoria Derbyshire
Victoria Derbyshire is a superbly informed and highly accomplished host, presenter and moderator.... [more]
Paul Dolan
Professor Paul Dolan - speaker on happiness and how can we make better decisions.... [more]
Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet - speaker, broadcaster and journalist, reporter of Middle Eastern life and politics.... [more]
Patrick Fagan
Patrick Fagan behavioural scientist, author, keynote speaker, lecturer and practitioner.... [more]
Dwayne Fields
Dwayne Fields - adventurer and explorer, first young black Briton to walk to the North Pole helping young people connect with the natural world.... [more]
Dario Floreano
Professor Dario Floreano is one of the world's leading experts in robotics and artificial intelligence.... [more]
Myriam Francois
Dr Myriam Francois is a TV presenter, producer and writer with a focus on current affairs, Islam and France.... [more]
Hannah Fry
Dr Hannah Fry - Associate Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, presenter of 'Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic'... [more]
Janan Ganesh
Janan Ganesh speaker, FT principal political columnist and author of the biography 'George Osbourne: The Austerity Chancellor'.... [more]
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie is the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist. She performs over 100 shows each year and to date has received over 80 international awards.... [more]
Susan Greenfield
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE is a scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. She is Professor of Pharmacology at Lincoln College, Oxford University and Director of the Royal Institution. achieved a first class degree at St. Hilda's College, Oxford... [more]
Shane Greer
Shane Greer is a political writer, commentator, the Chief Executive of Biteback Media, Total Politics and Campaigns & Elections magazine.... [more]
Viv Groskop
Viv Groskop - writer, broadcaster and stand-up comedian. Viv writes for the Guardian, Observer and the Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent and Financial Times.... [more]
Ben Hammersley
Ben Hammersley - speaker on the digital world, infosec, cyber-security, cyber-conflict, and cyber-crime. Ben is a contributing editor to Wired magazine.... [more]
Isabel Hardman
Isabel Hardman - blogger and journalist, currently assistant editor of the Spectator where she writes and edits the popular Coffee House blog. Isabel is also a columnist for the Daily Telegraph.... [more]
Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman - the longest serving female MP in the British House of Commons, first ever Minister for Women, with a wealth of political knowledge and experience.... [more]
Professor Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper - specialist speaker on ageing and demographic change in the 21st century... [more]
John Harris
John Harris - journalist, writer, columnist and commentator on society and culture.... [more]
Wayne Hemingway
Wayne Hemingway speaker - founder of the Red or Dead brand - offering audiences insights into entrepreneurship, creativity, common sense - now seeking ways to improve housing and the urban environment.... [more]
Dr Lida Hujic
Dr Lida Hujić speaker, innovation and trends consultant, curator, public speaker, and author.... [more]
Jeremy Hunter
Jeremy Hunter - photo-journalist, writer, broadcaster and lecturer, noted for his acclaimed illustrated first-person reportage - North Korea Exposed.... [more]
Azeem Ibrahim
Azeem Ibrahim - entrepreneur, adviser to world leaders and youngest on the Sunday Times Rich List and Carter Anderson's Power 100 list.... [more]
Anne-Marie Imafidon
Anne-Marie Imafidon speaker on women in STEM and co-founder of The Stemettes, the social initiative dedicated to inspiring a new generation of young women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.... [more]
Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam - economics and political correspondent, one of the most recognised faces on British television today. ... [more]
Steph Jeavons
Steph Jeavons - traveller and adventurer speaking on cultures and communication. The first person to circumnavigate the globe and ride a motorcycle on all seven continents. ... [more]
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov has successfully defended his title more times than any other chess champion of modern times. He speaks eloquently both on chess and his political and economic views relating to his Russian homeland.... [more]
Professor Turi King
Professor Turi King speaker on DNA, genetics, and ancestry known for her remarkable work in identifying King Richard III. Professor Turi King agent for speaking and presentation in both in-person and virtual settings.... [more]
Anne Lise Kjaer
Anne Lise Kjaer - leading business speaker, global futurist and brand developer - offering a multidimensional picture of the next generation of consumers.... [more]
Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Kuenssberg: probing political interviewer, BBC Political Editor, and the first woman to take the role in the history of the corporation. ... [more]
Joan Latta
Joan Latta - inspirational speaker with Cerebral Palsy, who shares insights on the realities of living with a disability.... [more]
George Lee
George Lee began his career in the Metropolitan Constabulary and rose to Chief Inspector. His later business and consultancy career is one of extraordinary success.... [more]
Dr George Leeson
Dr George Leeson - Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Dr George Leeson is a leading authority on ageing.... [more]
Quentin Letts
Quentin Letts - The Daily Mail's star Parliamentary sketch writer and regular guest on progammes such as This Week, Newsnight, Have I Got News For You and Question Time.... [more]
James Levelle
James Levelle - going out into the wild and doing adventure for real, turning expeditions into charismatic documentary television. ... [more]
Matt Lindley
Matt Lindley lessons from the flight deck in risk and resilience from a former fighter pilot and 747 captain. ... [more]
Donal MacIntyre
Donal MacIntyre is a Journalist, adventurer and Europe's best known investigative reporter. He has won awards for his outstanding and often dangerous work for both BBC and ITV. Donal is an accomplished after dinner and conference speaker.... [more]
George Magnus
George Magnus - an economist and commentator - is an Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University. He is author of 'The Age of Aging' and 'Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy?' ... [more]
Andrew Marr
Andrew Marr presents BBC Radio Four's Start The Week each Monday. He joined the Monday morning programme in November 2002. He is also the host of the interview programme The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One. ... [more]
Geoff Marshall
Geoff Marshall is a leading authority on London, its transport history, its development and its future. ... [more]
Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald - an institution on UK television. The legendary broadcaster Joined ITN in 1973 as their first black reporter.... [more]
Tina McGuff
Tina McGuff helping individuals and organisations understand and cope with their mental health challenges. ... [more]
Esther McVey
Esther McVey worked for 12 years as a broadcaster and producer and was the youngest female host of ITV's breakfast news. In 2010 she was elected as the first Conservative MP on Merseyside since 1997. She was Minister of State for Employment from 2013 – 2015. ... [more]
Jane Merrick
Jane Merrick - former political editor and is now a contributor for The Independent and co-editor of the online news and opinion platform @the spoon... [more]
Gina Miller
Gina Miller - pivotal in the Brexit story, business-woman, social campaigner and lawyer.... [more]
Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills - Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, award winning journalist, author and one of Britain's most high profile commentators.... [more]
Akio Miyabayashi
Akio Miyabayashi - a charismatic speaker with knowledge of European, American and Japanese cultures. He has shared centre stage with many prominent politicians and business leaders. He offers insights into European and Asian management.... [more]
George Monbiot
George Monbiot - speaker, climate change campaigner, author, travel writer, Guardian columnist, and well-known environmentalist and political activist.... [more]
Tim Montgomerie
Tim Montgomerie - Columnist for The Times, founder of ConservativeHome, who writes for The Spectator, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, City AM, Wall Street Journal & the FT. ... [more]
Jenni Murray
Jenni Murray is one of radio and television's most respected broadcasters. Her interviews with PM's, Cabinet Ministers and Business leaders are described as "probing"' and "no-nonsense". An award winning presenter and journalist, she is a popular speaker and host.... [more]
Catrin Nye
Catrin Nye is an award-winning investigative journalist, documentary maker and presenter for the BBC with expertise in politics, media, and current affairs.... [more]
Patrick Vernon OBE
Patrick Vernon OBE - member of Healthwatch England, NHS England Equality Diversity Council, Advisory board member for Time To Change and former Labour and the Coalition government Ministerial Advisory for Mental Health.... [more]
Christine Ockrent
Christine Ockrent is an internationally respected and award winning journalist, broadcaster, businesswoman and author.... [more]
Sir Kenneth Olisa
Ken Olisa - founder of ethical investor Restoration Partners, former CEO of publicly quoted technology merchant bank Interregnum plc. He is the first black Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London. ... [more]
David Olusoga
David Olusoga speaker, broadcaster, author, film-maker - historian of Black Britain. Contact David Olusoga via a Specialist Speakers agent for engagements, virtual or in-person.... [more]
Rageh Omaar
Rageh Omaar rose to prominence as the BBC's man in Baghdad during the Gulf War - he's a highly experienced foreign correspondent and an accomplished conference host. ... [more]
Simon Parker
Simon Parker - foreign correspondent, newspaper columnist and travel writer who reports from over thirty countries a year for the BBC, The Telegraph and The Independent.... [more]
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris is a Times political columnist, political commentator, and former Conservative MP.... [more]
Chris Patten
Lord Patten - Chris Patten was last Governor of Hong Kong and oversaw the return of the colony to China in 1997.... [more]
Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman - charismatic award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster.... [more]
Rita Payne
Rita Payne - former BBC Asia Editor and news editor, producer and presenter at BBC World Service radio. Expert moderator and current affairs discussion leader.... [more]
Allison Pearson
Allison Pearson is a columnist and chief interviewer for the The Daily Telegraph.... [more]
Trevor Phillips
Trevor Phillips - speaker and broadcaster on today's society and racial equality. ... [more]
Nisha Pillai
Nisha Pillai conference host, motivational speaker and coach with twenty-years experience in serious television news. ... [more]
Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt - dedicated to the environment since 1974, former Director of Friends of the Earth and the UK Sustainable Development Commission.... [more]
Sophie Power
Sophie Power - entrepreneur, mother, and ultra-runner, speaker on our health, our environment, extreme endurance and achievement.... [more]
Helena Kennedy QC
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC speaks with passion and wit on topics such as social justice, women, childrens rights and current affairs issues such as terrorism and the changing society in which we live.... [more]
Fern Riddell
Fern Riddell - expert cultural historian, best known for her broadcasting on the working classes in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.... [more]
Ivor Roberts
Sir Ivor Roberts is one of the most experienced and highly respected British diplomats alive today. He first entered Her Majesty's diplomatic service in the West African Department in 1968.... [more]
Chika Russell
Chika Russell - food entrepreneur, mentor, and presenter, creator of Chika's.... [more]
Simon Schama
Simon Schama - author, thinker, broadcaster and Professor of Art History and History. Creator of the landmark TV series History of Britain.... [more]
Nina Schick
Nina Schick speaker on generative AI, misinformation, deep fakes, and the future of ethics and artificial intelligence.... [more]
Stephan Shakespeare
Stephan Shakespeare - Founder of YouGov, PoliticsHome & the first political internet TV station. Inspiring innovator & highly influential in modern political communication.... [more]
Vikie Shanks
Vikie Shanks - a speaker on a wide variety of mental health issues and the value of good communication... [more]
Richard Shotton
Richard Shotton explains the motivations and behaviours that drive people's buying decisions. ... [more]
Lalage 'Lally' Snow
Lalage 'Lally' Snow - photojournalist, writer and filmmaker. An original, creative and intrepid storyteller.... [more]
Graham Soult
Grahm Soult, speaker and expert on retail, regeneration, the high street and the world of shopping. ... [more]
Prof Roger Steare
Professor Roger Steare is a leading practitioner in the development and delivery of Leadership, Culture and Ethics programs globally. He helps people develop good thinking, positive dialogue and ethical behaviour and to do the right thing. ... [more]
Rick Stein
Rick Stein OBE ITV chef seafood. Food Heroes, Rick has shown that he's equally passionate about the best of British produce most recent series French Odyssey, passion for the French way of life, food culture.freshly caught local produce ... [more]
Stefan Stern
Stefan Stern - speaker and former director of the High Pay Centre, dedicated to the study of the future world of work and what automation will mean for us all.... [more]
Chris Stokel-Walker
Chris Stokel-Walker speaks superbly on technology, AI, and its effects upon society now and in the future.... [more]
Ed Stourton
Ed Stourton co hosted the Today programme from 1999 to 2008 following an illustrious career as a foreign correspondent and television news presenter. He is a respected conference host, presenter and after dinner speaker.... [more]
Roy Strong
Sir Roy Strong is a prolific author, broadcaster and former Director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. One of Britain's best-known public figures, he is articulate, witty and a great communicator.... [more]
Jamie Susskind
Jamie Susskind speaker on how digital will shape our futures and how the ability of government and big business to use technology to control society will demand new moral codes and ethics.... [more]
Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland speaker and writer on brand, behaviour, and thought, expert in brand psychology and all things digital and behavioural. Contact Rory Sutherland via Specialist Speakers.... [more]
Jonathan Tait-Harris
Jonathan Tait-Harris played a key role in bringing Saddam Hussein, Chemical Ali and other international criminals to justice. Leading war crimes investigator & criminalist.... [more]
Loveena Tandon
Loveena Tandon - foreign Correspondent and presenter for the India Today Group in London... [more]
Jonathan Tanner
Jonathan Tanner - exploring and explaining how technology will affect politics and governance.... [more]
Anders Tegnell
Speaker Dr Anders Tegnell is a globally recognized epidemiologist and public health expert known for leading Sweden’s unique public health strategy during COVID-19.... [more]
Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy - formerly Prime Minister Theresa May's joint Chief of Staff, speaker on strategic communications and geopolitical risk. ... [more]
Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee is a highly respected and renowned columnist writing for The Guardian and campaigner on social justice issues.... [more]
Dave Trott
Dave Trott advertising, marketing legend and author of 'Predatory Thinking: A Masterclass in Out-Thinking the Competition'... [more]
Joe Twyman
Joe Twyman - one of the UK's best known and most respected political and electoral pollsters, co-founder and director of Deltapoll.... [more]
Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine presents the aptly titled Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2, daily between 12 & 2 and The Politics Show on BBC 1, Sunday's at 12.00. Prior to this he presented BBC 2's Newsnight.... [more]
Jamie Weller
Jamie Weller - with a loss of sight and the vocation he loved Jamie has gone on to live life to the full and to truly inspire.... [more]
Ella Whelan
Ella Whelan writes for Spiked Online on political issues with a focus on feminism and free speech.... [more]
Robert Winston
Professor Lord Robert Winston of Hammersmith is well known to audiences throughout the world for his landmark BBC television series, The Human Body, Secret Life of Twins and Superhuman. He has shown a great capacity for communicating often complex science to a wide public audience.... [more]
Michael Wolff
One of our great narrative journalists. Chronicler of the Trump White House, Michael Wolff writes and speaks on the rich and famous, the good and the bad, and the exercise of great power.... [more]
James Woudhuysen
James Woudhuysen focuses on the need for agility, true risk-taking and progressive social and business thinking. Expert on the future of management and people.... [more]
Emily Yates
Emily Yates - campaigner for disability rights, accessibility consultant, accessible travel writer and regular presenter for BBC... [more]
David Yelland
David Yelland, former editor of The Sun, speaker on crisis management and communications.... [more]
Peter York
Peter York - his primary preoccupation is in social behaviour and groups, especially amongst the elite.... [more]
