Ali, Tariq: - Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written five novels and over a dozen books on world history and politics. His latest is the acclaimed 'The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity'. He is currently writing 'Bush in Babylon: Recolonising Iraq'.

Brenton, Howard: - Howard Brenton is one of the UK's most respected dramatists. His acclaimed plays include The Romans In Britain, Bloody Poetry, Weapons of Happiness, Pravda with David Hare and, more recently, In Extremis, Anne Boleyn and Doctor Scroggy's War for Shakespeare's Globe, Paul and Never So Good for the National Theatre, and 55 Days, The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, Drawing the Line and Lawrence After Arabia for Hampstead Theatre. He also wrote fourteen episodes of BBC spy drama Spooks.

Tour, Andy de la: - Andy de la Tour is a director and actor as well as an author. He recently appeared in the premiere of Harold Pinter's Celebration in London & New York. His original stage plays include 'Viva!', 'Here We Go', 'Safe In Our Hands', 'Landslide', 'Collateral Damage', and 'Snogging Ken'. He has adapted works by Dario Fo, and recently translated 'A Family Affair' from the original 'Un Air de Famille' by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri.