 | Dimitris Christopoulos vice president, International Federation for Human Rights |
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| Szymon Żydek and the team at the Bęc Zmiana Foundation | |
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 | David Aaronovitch columnist, The Times; author, Voodoo Histories; chair, Index on Censorship |
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 | Zulfikar Abbany senior science and technology journalist, Deutsche Welle |
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 | Gilbert Achcar professor of development studies and international relations; chair of Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London |
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 | Christopher Adams assistant curator, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art |
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 | Diran Adebayo novelist and cultural critic; author, award-winning Some Kind of Black and My Once Upon A Time |
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 | Sally Adee technology editor, New Scientist |
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 | Sam Adlen head of business innovation, Satellite Applications Catapult |
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 | Nicole Agba Autocar Next Generation Award 2014 Winner |
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 | Tufayel Ahmed culture reporter, Newsweek Europe |
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 | Roba Al-Ghabra solicitor, Birnberg, Peirce and Partners |
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 | Dolly Alderton writer; columnist, The Sunday Times |
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 | Ruth Alexander senior broadcast journalist, BBC; regular presenter, Money Box Live |
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 | Shahrar Ali deputy leader, Green Party |
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 | Jobeda Ali CEO, Three Sisters Care |
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 | Duleep Allirajah sports columnist, spiked; Crystal Palace fan |
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 | Merris Amos reader in human rights law, Queen Mary University of London |
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| Raj Anand technical director, Kwiqq.com | |
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 | Othon Anastasakis director, European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford; director, South East European Studies at Oxford |
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 | Anthony Anaxagorou poet, writer, performer and educator |
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| Sheila Anderson NERC | |
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 | Anne Anderson OBE director, ESRC/EPSRC/DTI People @ the Centre of Communication & Information Technology Research Programme; member of RAEng working group on Dilemmas of Surveillance |
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 | Andreas Andrianopoulos Former minister; currently director of the Institute of Diplomacy and Global Affairs at the School of Graduate & Professional Education of the American College of Greece |
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 | Richard Angell director, Progress |
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 | David Antunes associate professor, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema; Ph.D, Literary Theory |
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 | Josie Appleton director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State |
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 | Ian Archer-Watters ballet dancer, Les Ballets Grandiva and Fort Worth Ballet |
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 | Alexandra Archetti Stølen festival director, Oslo World Music Festival; president, European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals |
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 | Eduardas Armonas jazz guitarist |
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 | Omar Ashour senior lecturer, Middle East politics and security studies, University of Exeter |
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 | Richard Aylard external affairs and sustainability director, Thames Water |
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 | Parminder Bahra poverty and development correspondent, The Times |
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 | P Balaji director - regulatory, external affairs and CSR, Vodafone India |
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 | Brhmie Balaram senior researcher, RSA; author, Fair share - reclaiming power in the sharing economy |
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 | Chana Balazs Middle East Expert; free speech proponent |
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 | Sarnath Banerjee artist, film-maker; graphic novelist, Corridor and Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers; founder, New Delhi's Phantomville comics publishing house |
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 | Lynsey Barber technology editor, City A.M. |
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 | Emily Barley chairman, Conservatives for Liberty |
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 | Catherine Barnard senior tutor and professor of EU law and employment law, Trinity College, Cambridge; author, The Substantive Law of the EU: The four freedoms |
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 | Jonathan Barnbrook typographer/designer and founder of Virus Foundry |
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| Sarah Barnett MTV | |
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 | Anthony Barnett founder, openDemocracy; co-editor, OurKingdom |
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 | Jerry Barnett author, Porn Panic!; founder of the Sex & Censorship Campaign |
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 | Graham Barnfield senior lecturer in journalism, University of East London |
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 | Richard Barrett composer and performer; professor of music at Brunel University; spnm associate; socialist |
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 | Jenny Barrett reader in film studies and popular culture, Edge Hill University |
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 | Leela Barrock group head, group communications & corporate affairs, Malaysia-based multinational, Sime Darby Berhad |
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 | James Bartholomew writer and journalist; author, The Welfare of Nations |
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 | Keith Bartley chief executive, General Teaching Council for England |
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 | Patrick Basham co-author, Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Debate; adjunct scholar, Cato Institute; director, Democracy Institute |
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 | Kalsoom Bashir co-director, Inspire, an NGO working to counter extremism and gender inequality |
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 | Richard Beard novelist and sports writer; author, How to Beat the Australians |
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| Piers Bearne Rock Media | |
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 | Christopher Beckett client and operations manager, Elite IB; former pastoral support worker, Wymondham College |
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 | Dave Beech senior lecturer, Chelsea College of Art and Design; artist; writer, Art Monthly; member, Freee Art Collective |
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 | Torsten Bell director, Resolution Foundation; author, Stagnation Generation: the case for renewing the intergenerational contract |
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 | Simon Belt IT consultant; coordinator, Manchester Salon |
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 | Daniel Ben-Ami journalist and author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress and Cowardly Capitalism |
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 | Agiatis Benardou senior research associate, ATHENA Research Centre |
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 | Steve Bennett editor, Chortle |
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 | Alex Benson director, Bloc nightclub |
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 | Tim Benton champion, UK Global Food Security Programme |
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 | Jay Bernard poet, London Respect Slam winner (2004) and Foyle Young Poet of the Year (2005) |
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 | Mark Betz reader in film studies, Kings College London; author, Beyond the Subtitle: Remapping European art cinema |
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 | Robert Bevan writer; heritage consultant; architecture critic for the London Evening Standard; author, The Destruction of Memory: architecture at war |
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 | Bally Bhogal head of new business, Pera Training Ltd |
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 | Chris Bickerton associate professor of international relations, Sciences Po, Paris; author, European Integration: from nation states to member states; co-editor, The Current Moment |
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 | Paul Bickerton sports coach working in sports development; sports writer |
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 | Alex Bigham Head of Communications & Projects, Foreign Policy Centre |
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 | Gina Birch Founding member of The Raincoats, artist and filmmaker |
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 | Nicky Birch founder, Rosina Sound |
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 | Jonathan Birdwell head of policy and research, Institute for Strategic Dialogue |
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 | Helen Birtwistle history and politics teacher, South London school |
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 | Peter Bishop director, Design for London |
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 | Bill Biss editor, STAND Fanzine |
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 | Tim Black editor, Spiked Review |
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 | John David Blake history practitioner, Harris Federation |
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 | Cara Bleiman teacher, Arnhem Wharf Primary School |
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 | James Bloodworth author, The Myth of Meritocracy; columnist International Business Times |
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 | Tendayi Bloom political & legal theorist; lecturer in Politics & International Studies, Open University |
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 | Linda Blum associate professor of sociology, Northeastern University, Boston |
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 | Laura Blumenthal Conservative Party Councillor, Wokingham Borough Council |
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 | Silio Boccanera London-based freelance Brazilian journalist; contributor to current affairs programmes on Brazilian television channel GloboNews |
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 | Allum Bokhari columnist, Breitbart |
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| Louisa Bolch Channel 4 | |
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 | Mark Boleat policy chairman, City of London Corporation |
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 | Giles Bolton writer and aid worker; former head of British aid programme in Rwanda; author, Poor Story: An Insider Uncovers How Globalisation and Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor |
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 | Matthew Bolton TELCO organiser, London Citizens |
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 | Sylvia Borren executive director, Greenpeace Netherlands |
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 | Charlie Bostock intern, Academy of Ideas |
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 | Maarten Boudry postdoctoral fellow, Ghent University; author, Illusions for the Advanced. Why Truth is Always Better |
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 | Leonidas Bouritsas special adviser to the prime minister of Greece; author and academic |
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 | David Bowden associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer |
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 | Kierra Box activist and youth worker in North West London |
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 | Sarah Boyes freelance writer and editor; assistant editor, Culture Wars; editor, Battles in Print 2010 |
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 | James D Boys associate professor of international political studies, Richmond University, London |
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 | Justine Brian director, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Carlton Brick lecturer in Sociology, School of Media, Culture & Society, University of West Scotland |
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 | Andrew Brighton writer and painter; contributing editor, Critical Quarterly; former senior curator for public programmes, Tate Modern |
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Each to his iPod or Great Music For All [Opens in new window]
"Exactly what debate and diatribe should be about in these challenging days."
Prof Phillipe Sands QC, author, Lawless World