The Welcome Wagon
The Welcome Wagon is a married couple, the Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique, who execute a genre of gospel music that is refreshingly plain. Their hymns are modest and melodic,...
Pussy Riot in residence
Radical, activist, spiritual, feminist, challenging state and church, standing up to the powers that be, railing against the patriarchal status quo, a beacon of inspiration and sign of bravery for...
Robyn Travis
Robyn Travis is author of Prisoner to the Streets – an honest and hard-hitting memoir about being caught up in the ‘London Postcode Wars' – and Mama Can't Raise No Man – a debut novel...
Lynne Segal
Lynne Segal has engaged in Left and feminist politics since arriving in London in the early 1970s. She teaches in Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Her books include Is the...
Malak Mattar
Palestinian artist Malak Mattar, age 22, paints powerfully expressionist faces, figures, and semi-abstract designs. She first started painting at age 13, during the 51-day Israeli military assault on...
Michael Eavis
Michael Eavis is an English dairy farmer, and is best known as the founder of Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which takes place on his farm in Pilton, Somerset. It all began...
Ozomatli
Since its inception in 1995, innovation and creativity have defined Ozomatli. Hailing from Los Angeles, the group found a way to represent the city's eclectic culture through music that appeals to...
Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor is the author of four novels and a story collection. He is the winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literature Prize, Betty Trask Prize, and Somerset Maugham Award, and has twice been longlisted...
Jonathan Bartley
Jonathan Bartley is co-leader of the Green Party. He first joined the Green Party after hitting headlines during the 2010 general election when he confronted David Cameron over his plans for disabled...
Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth is an ecological economist and creator of the Doughnut - a concept that aims to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet - and co-founder of Doughnut Economics...
L.A. Salami
Lookman Adekunle Salami is a man in his mid-twenties with a restless spirit and boundless creativity. He makes charming indie-folk, songs that turn intimate tales into epic anthems and big issues...
I’m With Her
I'm With Her is Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan. All three musicians had crossed paths many times in their careers, yet it was an impromptu performance at the 2014 Telluride...
Dawn Foster
Dawn Foster is a columnist and contributor at The Guardian newspaper, and also contributes to the New York Times, London Review of Books, and Prospect magazine. She is a regular commentator on the...
Eve Poole
Dr Eve Poole OBE is an academic and writer who specialises in leadership. She was educated in high schools in Scotland and the US, and has a BA in Theology from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a...
Carol Ann Duffy
As the first female Poet Laureate – elected to that post in 2009 – Carol Ann Duffy has written for both children and adults, and her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize...