Topic: Culture, history & language
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26 February, 2020Lord Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, Cumbria, and educated there and at Wadham College, Oxford. His broadcasting career began at the BBC in 1961 and soon afterwards he published his first novel. He worked on the arts programme Monitor with Huw Wheldon in the mid-1960s; during this time he began writing novels, set mostly in […]
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Dr Miranda Brawn
Professor Miranda Brawn holds numerous awards, titles and honorary degrees including Dr Esq MBA PgDip MCSI FRSA while being named the “Woman of the Year” in the 2019’s Women in Finance Awards for her ‘extraordinary and sustained achievement…within Finance‘ and ‘voice for change’. She is also ranked as one of the leading global diversity, inclusion […]
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James Brabazon
James Brabazon is an award-winning frontline journalist and documentary filmmaker. Based in London, he has travelled in over seventy countries, investigating, filming and directing in the world’s most hostile environments. His awards include the Rory Peck Trust Sony International Impact Award 2003, the Rory Peck Freelancer’s choice Award 2003, and the IDA Courage Under Fire […]
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Kate Bradley
An experienced CEO, senior leader and non-executive director and specialist in strategy, governance, project management and social responsibility. Kate Bradley joined Virgin Money Foundation in February 2022 as Executive Director, leading the charity and team responsible for the day-to-day management of grant programmes. Prior to this Kate was Operations and Strategy Director at UK Athletics […]
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Dame Karen Bradley
Karen was born in the Moorlands and spent her early years in Cheddleton. She moved to nearby Buxton, when her parents took over the family business, the Queens Head Hotel – growing up over the pub gave her a unique introduction to people from all walks of life. Karen attended her local comprehensive, Buxton Girls […]
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Tamara Box
Tamara is the Managing Partner – Europe & Middle East and the head of Structured Finance at Reed Smith. She is the former chair of the firm’s Financial Industry Group. Tamara has more than 20 years’ experience in advising arrangers, dealers, issuers and trustees in a wide range of debt instruments, including bonds (securitisations, project […]
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Dr Antonia Bostrom
Dr Antonia Boström studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where her PhD dissertation focused on the collecting and display of Florentine sculpture in the second half of the 16th century. She began her museum career at the V&A in 1980, working in the National Art Library and in the Sculpture Department. In […]
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Dafna Bonas
Motivated by a desire to address the health crisis, Dafna launched Indie Bay Snacks to reinvent the mass snack experience, making it easier for other indies to snack while doing good for themselves and their communities. Indie Bay reinvented pretzels, making delicious, crunchy, all natural snacks packed with protein. They’re now sold all over the […]
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Lord Paul Boateng
Paul Boateng was born in Hackney, brought up in Ghana and Hemel Hempstead, to become a civil liberty lawyer, one of Britains first Black MPs (1987-2005) and the first Black Cabinet Minister (Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2002-2005) first Black High Commissioner (South Africa 2005 _2009) appointed to the House of Lords 2010, a frequent […]
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David Bodanis
My latest book – ‘The Art of Fairness’ – is on a most topical subject: Can you succeed without being a jerk? It got a glowing full page in the Sunday Times Nov ’20 (and also in The Economist; there was a long positive piece in the FT but that carries a bit less authority […]