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Christophe Deloire

Secretary-General, Reporters Sans Frontières

11th September 2020

Defending journalists – and the public – from “predators of press freedom”

Decca Aitkenhead

Chief Interviewer, Sunday Times

13th August 2020

The art of the perfect interview

Jon Sopel

North America Editor, BBC News

16th July 2020

The Beeb’s man in Washington on his front row seat at the “endless show” of the Trump presidency

Nazir Afzal

Author and criminal justice campaigner

25th June 2020

‘The Prosecutor’ argues for criminal justice reform, including the way courts engage with the media

Amelia Gentleman

Guardian journalist & author 'The Windrush Betrayal'

14th May 2020

Breaking the Windrush scandal: a tip-off, months of persistence against government evasion… and ultimately the Home Secretary’s resignation

Mark Landler

London bureau chief, New York Times

16th April 2020

Watching politics reinvent itself on both sides of the Atlantic – from both sides of the Atlantic

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Novelist and journalist

19th March 2020

The creative process behind four decades penning global bestsellers

Jay Rayner

Writer, broadcaster & restaurant critic

27th February 2020

A “deadline-orientated old hack” who happens to write about food – and plays jazz piano

David Starkey

Historian and Broadcaster

19th December 2019

Bringing a historian’s analytical eye to broadcasting – and society

Melissa Fleming

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations

5th December 2019

Galvanising global support to tackle some of the biggest issues that threaten our planet

David Aaronovitch

Columnist and presenter

28th November 2019

Being a “radical moderate” in an era of polarization – and how increasing belief in conspiracy theories has led to Trump and Corbynism

Justine Picardie

Editor-in-Chief, Harper’s Bazaar

24th October 2019

Reflecting on her editorship of the iconic magazine – and why fashion and feminism are not mutually exclusive

Jeremy Bowen

BBC Middle East Editor

10th October 2019

Decades of reporting under fire – and remaining impartial even while witnessing the horrors of war

Melanie Blake

Author and Celebrity Agent

19th September 2019

Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry – and the art of brokering multi-million deals

Alok Jha

Science Correspondent, The Economist

13th June 2019

The ever-changing world of science journalism – and communicating complex ideas to a mass audience

Mark Borkowski

PR and publicity guru

16th May 2019

The master of the publicity stunt shares lessons learned from four decades practising ‘the art of PR’

Tina Brown

Journalist & Editor

21st March 2019

The trailblazing media icon talks us through her career – and how women can “save the world”

Elizabeth Day

Author, journalist, and podcaster

17th January 2019

The award-winning author and journalist talks us through her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail

Erwin James

Editor-in-Chief, Inside Time

10th January 2019

The penal reform campaigner and author talks about the role of the prisoners’ newspaper in supporting offenders

Sir Harold Evans

Former Editor, The Sunday Times

20th December 2018

Reflecting on sixty years from journalism’s front line