2021 Speakers

Here are the speakers in our  2021 Digital Festival.

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Speaker details

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold...

Andrew Lownie

Andrew Lownie was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he was Dunster History Prizeman and President of the Union,...

Chris Atkins

Chris Atkins is a BAFTA-nominated filmmaker. His documentaries Taking Liberties and Starsuckers were critically acclaimed and made front-page news. He has also...

Dick Carter

Dick Carter began racing small boats on Cape Cod and came out of Yale’s Corinthian Sailing Club as a...

Dr Ed Patrick

Dr Ed Patrick is an anaesthetist and a comedian. He has performed across the UK, including at the Edinburgh...

Dr Gwen Adshead

Dr Gwen Adshead trained at St George’s Hospital, the Institute of Psychiatry and the Institute of Group Analysis. She...

Felicity Fair Thompson

Felicity Fair Thompson is an author and film maker. Her drama documentary about Carisbrooke Castle was broadcast on SKY...

Josh Barry

Writer and podcaster Josh Barry was diagnosed with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy following complications with his birth on the Isle...

Lia Leendertz

Lia Leendertz is an award-winning garden and food writer based in Bristol. She writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, The Garden,...

Mara Menzies

Mara Menzies is a narrative artist who draws on her rich, dual Kenyan/Scottish cultural heritage to create worlds that...

Michael Cockerell

Michael Cockerell has been a political reporter for over 50 years for TV, radio and the press. His documentaries...

Roger Hermiston

Roger Hermiston is a writer and journalist who worked as assistant editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from...

Stephan Roman

Stephan Roman studied History at the University of Oxford, where he specialised in European and British history. He then...

Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman is a best selling author, historian and broadcaster, specialising in the Tudor period. Her books include Elizabeth’s Women,...