Topic: Art, media & communications
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26 February, 2020Kirsty Wark
Kirsty Wark is one of Britain’s most experienced television journalists. She has presented a wide range of programmes over the past twenty seven years – from the ground breaking Late Show to Election specials, live stadium events and, since 1993, the BBC’s flagship nightly current affairs show Newsnight. She also hosted the weekly Arts and […]
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Richard Warlow
Richard worked as a Development Executive at both Pathe and DNA Films, before embarking on a career as a screenwriter with the original screenplay Three Mile Horizon, which was optioned to Paramount Pictures. Richard has worked successfully across both film and television, writing on all three series of Mistresses, Starring Sarah Parish – and showrunning […]
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Nigel Warburton
Nigel Warburton is a philosopher, writer and podcaster, he is best-known for his popular philosophy books, including his most recent work, A Little History of Philosophy as well as Philosophy: The Basics, Philosophy: The Classics, Thinking from A to Z, The Art Question, and Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction. With David Edmonds he makes […]
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Annie Warburton
Annie Warburton is CEO of Cockpit Arts, an award-winning social enterprise and London’s leading studios for contemporary craft and design. She curates exhibitions and writes, presents and broadcasts on craft, art and design in the UK and internationally. She also chairs the Government’s industry panel developing the new T-Level in Craft and Design. Before joining […]
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Jon Walsh
Jon Walsh is a co-founder and director of Kambe Events and the award winning UK festival Shambala. Kambe is a leading light in both the independent festival sector and sustainable event productions. Jon himself has been working in the music and events industry in various forms for 25 years. From running gigs in his teenage […]
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Fergus Walsh
Fergus Walsh is the BBC’s Medical Correspondent. He appears mainly on the Six and Ten O’clock TV News on BBC1. His reports are seen globally via BBC World News. Fergus also reports for Panorama, the world’s longest-running investigative TV programme. He can be heard on the Today programme and Radio 5 Live. He also has […]
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Dr Mick Walters
Gained an HND in Computer Aided Engineering in 1988, MSc in Neural Networks and Robotics in 1993 and PhD in Human-Robot Interaction in 2008. His research interests include Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), in particular research into robot appearances and how they should behave in order to be acceptable and facilitate interaction with people. Previously, he has […]
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Paul Christopher Walton
Paul was born in Walsall in 1955, and from an early age displayed an odd capacity for learning dates. Despite being warned that studying history would lead nowhere, he went on to spend three fantastic years at Brasenose College, Oxford learning about the Tudors and found that this particular road would actually take him to […]
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Gill Walton
Gill Walton is Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), one of the world’s oldest and largest midwifery organisations, representing the majority of the UK’s midwives. Gill is a passionate midwife, experienced midwifery leader and NHS manager. She started nursing at University College Hospital, and then undertook Midwifery training at […]
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Professor Robin Walker
Robin Walker is an academic psychologist with particular interests in studying the human brain. He is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London where he has been since 1997. Prior to this Robin worked in the Department of Neuroscience at Charing Cross Hospital (now Imperial College) […]