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Dr Anna Beer was a Distinguished Fulbright Scholar during 2010. She is a specialist in the literature and history of the seventeenth century and the author of Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot.
Professor Sharpe is Professor of English at Barnard College, Columbia University. He specialises in the literature, art, and culture of the modern city, particularly New York.
Professor Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Alain de Botton was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1969 and now lives in London. He is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He’s written on love, travel, architecture and literature
John Clute is an author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature. He was one of the founders of Interzone, which came to be Britain's longest-running science fiction magazine.