Paddy Woodworth (Bray, 1951) is an author, journalist, lecturer and tour guide. He contributes regularly to The Irish Times, where he was formerly arts editor and assistant foreign desk editor, and other media. He has published two acclaimed books on the Basques and Spain, for Yale and Oxford University Presses. Dirty War, Clean Hands, his book on a state terrorism … Read More

Oliver Bullough is an award-winning author and journalist, specialising in financial skulduggery. He is a regular contributor to the BBC and C4 News and writes for the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times, New York Times, GQ and Prospect. His third book, the financial exposé Moneyland (2018), was a Sunday Times business bestseller, a Waterstones Book of the Month, Wales Book of … Read More

Nick Broomfield studied Law at Cardiff, and Political Science at Essex University, he then went onto study film at the National Film School, under Professor Colin Young. Nick first got interested aged 15 when discovering his love for photography on a foreign exchange visit in France. “A great way to strike up conversations, and a great excuse to ask questions … Read More

Michael Keegan-Dolan was the artistic director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre from 1997 to 2015. He founded Teaċ Daṁsa in 2016 and now lives in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht with his partner Rachel Poirier and their two children. Swan Lake / Loch na hEala, the first production he created for Teaċ Daṁsa has toured extensively both nationally and internationally. MÁM, the second … Read More

Dr. Maureen Gaffney is a well-known Irish psychologist, writer and broadcaster. She specializes in leadership and organizational change programmers, working with companies to build strong, emotionally intelligent leadership and innovative and resilient work cultures. She has worked with major multinational companies in Ireland and in the US including Intel, Boston Scientific, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Google, Ulster Bank and Bank of … Read More

Mary Fitzgerald is a writer, researcher and consultant specialising in the Mediterranean region with a focus on Libya. She has worked on Libya for more than a decade. She spent several months on the ground during Libya’s 2011 uprising, lived in Tripoli in 2014, and continues to make regular trips to the country. She has worked with the International Crisis … Read More

Martin Goodman’s award winning roster of books, both fiction and nonfiction, draw on his work and travels around the globe. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull, and has degrees from Leeds University, and a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. ‘Such narrow, narrow confines we live in. Every so often, one of us … Read More

Margaret MacMillan (Toronto and Oxford) is an emeritus professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus professor of International History at Oxford University.  She was Provost of Trinity College, Toronto from 2002-7 and Warden of St Antony’s College, Oxford from 2007-2017.  She is currently a trustee of the Imperial War Museum.  Her research specializes in British imperial history … Read More