Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey became one of the first Black Women members of the House of Lords in 2004.... more

Miranda Sawyer has written about pop music since 1988, beginning on Smash Hits before moving to Select, The Face and the Observer. Her first book Park and... more

Niall Williams was born in Dublin. He is the author of nine novels, including History of the Rain, which was longlisted for... more

Simon Critchley has published books on a wide expanse of ethical and philosophical subjects, including the bestselling The Book of Dead Philosophers,... more

Jeff Young is a writer for stage, screen and radio. Until recently a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Liverpool... more

Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of seven novels, including The Devil and Webster, You Should Have Known (adapted as the 2020 HBO... more

Jonathan Coe was born a few miles from Bournville in 1961. The author of political satires such as Bournville, What a Carve... more

Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. She is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Innocents (2012) and The Awkward Age (2017),... more

Dava Sobel is the internationally renowned author of Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter. She was an award-winning former science reporter for... more

Xan Brooks is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He was one of the founding editorial team at the Big Issue magazine... more