The New Statesman named James Thornton as one of 10 people who could change the world. Irish-American, James is also the author of Client Earth (Scribe 2018), co-authored with his husband Martin Goodman, which received the Judges’ Selection, Business Book of the Year Award 2018, and the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature from Santa Monica Public Library. He has twice … Read More

James Lever is the author of Me Cheeta (longlisted for the Booker Prize, 2009). He writes, directs and presents the Dead Poets Live series in various London theatres.

Han Tiernan is an artist, writer and researcher based in Dublin. Her key area of interest is contemporary Irish queer history and expanding voices within the Irish LGBTQ+ community. Along with artist/curator Brendan Fox, she is the deviser and programme manager of REWIND<<FASTFOWARD>>RECORD (RFR); a national touring initiative to develop creative responses to LGBTQ+ history and contemporary queer representation within … Read More

Gabrielle Walker, Founder and Director of Valence Solutions, is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator focused on unleashing capitalism on climate change. Gabrielle is a TED speaker and works with global companies at boardroom-level, analysing emerging trends, challenging conventional thinking and driving meaningful action. Through its partnership with the UNFCCC High Level Champions for Climate Action, Valence Solutions participated in … Read More

Finn is a marine biologist, speaker and best selling author. She is passionate about communicating marine science and climate change issues in a way that helps people to take action and live more sustainably. Finn lives, surfs and works on the wild west coast of Ireland. She is a marine mammal observer with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and … Read More

Elizabeth Boyle was born in Dublin, grew up in Suffolk and returned to live in Dublin in 2013. She is a medieval historian specialising in the intellectual, literary and religious culture of Ireland and Britain. A former Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Cambridge, she now works in the Department of Early Irish at Maynooth University. Fierce Appetites … Read More

Edel Coffey is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. She began work as an arts journalist and editor with the Sunday Tribune. She has since worked as a presenter and reporter with RTE radio, editor of the Irish Independent Weekend Magazine, and as Books Editor of the Irish Independent. She is a columnist with the Irish Examiner and The Sunday Business … Read More

Dylan Jones is the award-winning editor and international best-selling author. He studied at Chelsea School of Art and St. Martin’s School of Art before becoming a journalist. A former editor at i-D, The Face, Arena, GQ, the Observer and the Sunday Times, he is a former media columnist for the Guardian, a columnist for The Independent, and the author of … Read More