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Sir Martin Sorrell

Sir Martin Sorrell

Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital PLC, a new age / new era, purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, and millennial-driven influencer brands.

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Anthony Scaramucci

Anthony Scaramucci

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.

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Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson

Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Leader of the Conservative Party, Foreign Secretary, and Mayor of London.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Academy Award Nominee Benedict Cumberbatch recently garnered awards for his performance as Phil Burbank in Jane Campion's lauded film 'The Power Of The Dog'.

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Sir David Adjaye

Sir David Adjaye

Sir David Adjaye OBE is a Ghanaian-British architect who has received international acclaim for his impact on the field.

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Alice Rawsthorn

Alice Rawsthorn

Alice Rawsthorn is an award-winning design critic and author, whose books include Design as an Attitude, Hello World: Where Design Meets Life and, most recently, Design Emergency: Building a Better Future.

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Mariella Frostrup

Mariella Frostrup

Firmly established at the very pinnacle of the UK’s opinion-forming journalists and Broadcasters, Mariella Frostrup has defied every attempt to pigeonhole her skills and talents.

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Carlos Acosta

Carlos Acosta

His athleticism, the sheer joy of dancing as well as his tremendous ability to convey emotion, inspired a generation of dancers across the globe. His very touching story and the obstacles he has overcome speak for themselves.

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Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham, is a prominent journalist and author. Charles has been the Consulting Editor of The Telegraph Group since 2004, and is best known for his three-part biography on Margret Thatcher, as well as his work as Chairman of the London-based think-tank, Policy Exchange.

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Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley is the former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She served as a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet and the National Security Council.

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Lord Norman Foster

Lord Norman Foster

Norman Foster is the founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners, a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability.

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Nick Hackworth

Nick Hackworth

Nick Hackworth is an art writer and curator. He is Director of Modern Forms, a private collection and curatorial platform founded by collector Hussam Otaibi and co-founder of Paradise Row Projects a non-profit arts organisation.

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Robert Rinder

Robert Rinder

Robert Rinder is a professional criminal barrister and since 2014 has been the eponymous star of the courtroom reality series Judge Rinder.

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Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a prizewinning historian and novelist whose bestselling books have been published in over forty-eight languages and are being developed for the screen by producers such as Angelina Jolie, Lionsgate, Universal, Netflix, 21st Century Fox and FilmFour.

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David Cameron

David Cameron

David Cameron was born in 1966 and attended Eton College and Oxford University. He became the Member of Parliament for Witney in Oxfordshire in 2001. Four years later he was elected leader of the Conservative Party where he implemented a programme of modernisation.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of an elite group of artists to have achieved EGOT status by receiving an Emmy, four Grammys, an Oscar and eight Tony Awards.

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Clare Balding

Clare Balding

Clare Balding is one of Britain's leading broadcasters. She is also a best-selling and award-winning author of five books and an ardent campaigner for better coverage of women’s sport.

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Heston Blumenthal

Heston Blumenthal

Heston Blumenthal is considered to be one of the best chefs of his generation. Although self-taught, he has pushed the boundaries of a traditional kitchen and completely changed the way people approach cooking.

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Camilla Fayed

Camilla Fayed

Camilla Fayed, Founder of Farmacy UK, has established herself as one of the most prominent voices of the plant-based universe.

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Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind

An international figure in architecture and urban design, the architect Daniel Libeskind is renowned for his ability to evoke cultural memory in buildings of equilibrium-defying contemporaneity.

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General David H. Petraeus

General David H. Petraeus

General David H. Petraeus, one of the most prominent U.S. military figures of the post-9/11 era, and former Director of the CIA, will be talking about the role of the military, and what it takes to be a leader in some of the most difficult and extraordinary situations.

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William Shawcross CVO

William Shawcross CVO

Former Chair of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross CVO, is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange. His focus of study is extremism in public life, including anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim prejudice, as part of a new book project he is working on.

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George Osborne

George Osborne

George Osborne is the Editor of London’s Evening Standard newspaper and was the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016.

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Daniel Finkelstein, OBE

Daniel Finkelstein, OBE

Daniel Finkelstein, OBE, is the Associate Editor, a Columnist and Leader Writer for The Times. He also sits in the House of Lords as Lord Finkelstein.

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Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hiddleston is a British actor whose theatre credits include: Hamlet, Coriolanus, Ivanov, Othello, Cymbeline, The Changeling.

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Josie Rourke

Josie Rourke

Josie Rourke is the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse

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Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson is an internationally renowned DJ and five-time-Grammy-Award-winning artist and producer.

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George Lamb

George Lamb

Through George’s work on Channel 4 and E4 Music, he’s been fortunate enough to interview some of the biggest names in music and film.

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Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons is a world-renowned actor, trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

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Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis is a screen writer and director, responsible for films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, The Boat That Rocked, About Time and most recently Trash and Esio Trot.

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Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa started her acting career in a series of hugely successful theatre roles from Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, achieving rave reviews and for which she was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for three consecutive years.

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Achim Borchardt-Hume

Achim Borchardt-Hume

Achim Borchardt-Hume is Director of Exhibitions at Tate Modern. Borchardt-Hume joined Tate Modern as Head of Exhibitions in November 2012. He is the Curator of The EY Exhibition Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy.

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Emilia Kabakov

Emilia Kabakov

Emilia Kabakov is a Russian-born, American-based artist that collaborates with her husband Ilya on environments which fuse elements of the everyday with those of the conceptual.

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Adam Robinson

Adam Robinson

A graduate of Oxford University and The Wharton School, Adam Robinson is a New York Times bestselling author.

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Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, is an 8-time US National Chess Champion, a 2-time World Champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, and the first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under 9-time World Champion Marcelo Garcia.

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Tom Bradby

Tom Bradby

Tom Bradby is a journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He is currently Anchor of ITV's News at Ten and host of the political discussion series 'The Agenda'.

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JK Rowling

JK Rowling

J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. 

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Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, the only Labour leader in the party’s 100 year history to win three consecutive elections.

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Dr Gabriele Finaldi

Dr Gabriele Finaldi

Dr Gabriele Finaldi is a British art historian and curator. Since August 2015, he has been director of the National Gallery in London, England.

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Lord Mervyn King

Lord Mervyn King

Lord Mervyn King is the former Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of its Monetary Policy Committee and current Trustee of the National Gallery.

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Tania Bryer

Tania Bryer

Tania Bryer is a British born broadcaster and producer.

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David Miliband

David Miliband

David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee.

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Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster. He has been a weekly columnist for the Guardian since 1997.

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David Beckham

David Beckham

David Beckham is a former professional footballer, fashion icon and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

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Kirsty Young

Kirsty Young

Kirsty Young is the presenter of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 and also fronts a variety of television programmes.

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Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal

Edmund de Waal is a British artist and author of the bestselling memoir 'The Hare with Amber Eyes'.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an activist, author and politician.

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Maajid Nawaz

Maajid Nawaz

Maajid Nawaz, author and Founding Chairman of Quilliam.

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Sir Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse is a geneticist and cell biologist.

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Dr. Adam Rutherford

Dr. Adam Rutherford

Dr. Adam Rutherford is a science writer and broadcaster.

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Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson is a journalist, broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer.

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Sam Baker

Sam Baker

Sam Baker has edited some of the UK's biggest magazines, including Cosmopolitan and Red.

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Ermenegildo Zegna

Ermenegildo Zegna

Ermenegildo Zegna is the CEO of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group.

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Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor.

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Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is an author and Professor of History at Harvard University.

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Jacques Attali

Jacques Attali

Jacques Attali is a writer, economist and senior civil servant.

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Southbank Sinfonia

Southbank Sinfonia

Southbank Sinfonia brings together 32 outstanding graduates from all over the world to perform classical music.

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Lawrence H. Summers

Lawrence H. Summers

Lawrence H. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus of Harvard University.

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov

Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1963, Garry Kasparov became the under-18 chess champion of the USSR at the age of 12.

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Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff

Kenneth Rogoff is Thomas D. Cabot Professor at Harvard University. From 2001-2003, Rogoff served as Chief Economist at the IMF.

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Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer has produced a diverse body of work comprising of painting, sculpture and installation.

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Tim Marlow

Tim Marlow

Tim Marlow is an art historian and commentator on the contemporary cultural scene with impressive and wide-ranging experience.

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Mike Milken

Mike Milken

Mike Milken's career has mirrored his four main professional passions, medical research, finance, public health and education.

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John Landis

John Landis

John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.

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Dr. Ben S. Bernanke

Dr. Ben S. Bernanke

Dr. Ben S. Bernanke is economist at the Brookings Institution and served two terms as chairman of the Board of Governors.

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Jason Cummins

Jason Cummins

Jason Cummins joined Brevan Howard in 2004 and is the Head of Research and Chief US Economist.

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