Culture, history & language | Speakers for Schools

Topic: Culture, history & language

  • Portrait of John Orna Ornstein

    John Orna Ornstein

    John Orna-Orstein, Director of Curation and Experience, National Trust John Orna-Ornstein is Director of Curation and Experience at the National Trust, with responsibility for leading the organisation’s care for, and programming of, its historic places.

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  • Reemah Sakaan

    Reemah Sakaan leads BritBox in the UK, driving international growth and overseeing the launch of BritBox Australia. BritBox is ITV and BBC backed streaming service. Having worked on growing the partnership between ITV and BBC, Reemah was responsible for the creation of the BritBox brand and global concept. Prior to the launch of BritBox in […]

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  • Mark Russell

    Mark is Chief Executive of The Children’s Society and leads a team of 850 staff and 10,000 volunteers working to support some of the most vulnerable children in the country. He is committed to disrupting the disadvantage that many of our children and young people face today and has a passion and determination to protect, […]

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  • Lord Clive Soley

    Clive Soley is a Parliamentarian with 40 years’ experience – 26 as an MP and 14 as a Member of the House of Lords. Elected Labour MP for Hammersmith North 1979-1983; for Hammersmith 1983-1997; and for Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush 1997-2005. Member of the House of Lords from July 2005 and still an active […]

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  • Evelyn Welch

    Professor Welch graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Renaissance History and Literature (Magna cum Laude), and received her PhD from the Warburg Institute, University of London. She has taught at the Universities of Essex, Birkbeck, Sussex and Queen Mary, University of London, where she served as Dean of Arts and Vice-Principal for Research […]

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  • Professor Dawn Ades CBE FBA

    Taught History and Theory of Art at the University of Essex from 1968-2008. Since retirement continues to organise exhibitions and write about art. Specialises in 20th century art, Dada and Surrealism, Latin American and Pre-Columbian art, history of photography, with a particular interest in the work of women artists. Curator of a number of major […]

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  • Sharon Ament

    “Sharon Ament is Director of the Museum of London, which in 2015 announced its ambition to build a new museum for London and move to a new site in West Smithfield. Since joining the Museum in 2012, Sharon has been steering the next phase of the organisation’s development to more fulsomely reflect the energy and […]

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  • Professor Richard Alston

    I teach and research in Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. My research covers the Classical period from about 200 BCE to 750 CE and the influence of the Classical on modern culture, particularly on politics and on cities. I have edited or authored thirteen books and fifty articles on subjects varying from […]

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  • Adam Zamoyski

    Adam Zamoyski is an independent historian and author of a dozen books on various aspects of European History. They include two Sunday Times best-sellers, The Polish Way and 1812. Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow, and have been widely translated. He speaks several languages and his books adopt a many-sided approach to complex questions such as […]

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  • Marcia Zander

    Marcia Zander is a Silicon Valley technology senior executive and board member. Her focus is on creating value for companies through growth and scale, with a particular emphasis on Sales and Marketing for margin improvement. She was a core member of the team that created the semiconductor company NetLogic in 1999, taking it from zero […]

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