Bill Shipsey is an Irish human rights activist, retired barrister, and founder of Art for Human Rights (formerly Art for Amnesty), which uses the power of art to advance human rights globally. A longtime supporter of Amnesty International since 1977, he created the Ambassador of Conscience Award in 2003 and has produced major cultural fundraising initiatives, including Instant Karma. He … Read More

Ramita Navai is an award-winning foreign affairs journalist, documentary maker and author who has reported from over 45 countries. After starting her career as the Tehran correspondent for The Times, she joined Channel 4’s acclaimed documentary series Unreported World. Her investigations included the war in South Sudan, blood diamonds in Zimbabwe, sex trafficking in Mexico, gang assassins in El Salvador, … Read More

Dr. Rupa Marya  is a physician, activist, writer, mother, soil lover and composer. She was Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, practicing and teaching hospital medicine for 23 years until she was fired in May 2025 for her advocacy of Palestinian life and liberation. A scholar of the health impacts of colonialism on human and planetary … Read More

Born in Oxford, England, in 1941 and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, Miriam Margolyes is a veteran of stage and screen. An award-winning actress who has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award in 1993 for The Age of Innocence, she also received Best Supporting Actress at the 1989 LA Critics … Read More

Producer, writer and director, Ruán Magan’s work in drama and documentary has reached audiences of millions around the world. Projects include the feature film, Báite and documentaries, Daniel O’Connel – The Emancipator, narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, Our Blue World narrated by Liam Neeson, The Cable that Changed the World, narrated by Jessie Buckley, Steps of Freedom, 100 Years of Ulysses, … Read More

Colm is a Dublin native living in Wexford. He is a prolific violinist & Multi-instrumentalist Composer. He won best composer award at the Tokyo Film festival for his score for the Irish documentary feature “Steps of Freedom”.  His film score for the Irish feature film Roise & Frank won the 2022 Santa Barbara Audience Award. He scored the four part … Read More

Ian Leslie is the author of acclaimed books on human psychology and behaviour, translated into over a dozen languages. Ian’s latest book, JOHN & PAUL, about the Beatles, is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. Ian is the author of a popular Substack newsletter, The Ruffian.

Branwen Kavanagh is a singer, musician, and performance artist from Co. Clare whose work draws on folklore, dada and landscape. Blending absurd humour with surreal, otherworldly expression, their work spans music, puppetry, crankies and storytelling. They are the songwriter behind projects including Twin Headed Wolf, Rufous Nightjar, and Branwen. An award nominated artist, they have performed for Other Voices, Glastonbury, … Read More

Doireann Ní Ghríofa is an Irish writer. Her most recent book, A Ghost in the Throat, won the James Tait Black Prize and the An Post Book of the Year award and was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize. She is also the author of seven critically acclaimed books of poetry.