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Tracey Hill is Head of Department of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University. Her research interests are in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century cultural history, especially the culture and history of early modern London. She has
Alderman Charles Bowman was the 690th Lord Mayor. He is a senior partner with PwC and Alderman of the Lime Street Ward and served as Sheriff of the City of London in 2015/16.
Dr James Nicholls is Research Manager at Alcohol Research UK and and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr Nicholls is author of The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England, and
Walter H Annenberg Professor at the Courtauld Institute of Art, John House taught at the University of East Anglia (1969-76) and University College London, before moving to teach at The Courtauld Institute of Art in 1980. He was Slade Professor
Writer Mike Phillips was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and grew up in London. He was educated at the University of London (English), the University of Essex (Politics), and at Goldsmiths College London (Education). He worked for the BBC as a
Sir Mark Boleat is the leader of the Jersey Alliance political party and deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee. He has previously been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage
Patricia has a degree in physics from Oxford and a PhD in History of Science from London. Based at Cambridge University since 1993, she is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College and was President of the British Society for the History of Science from 2016-18.
The Lord Mountevans took office as the 688th Lord Mayor of the City of London on 13 November 2015. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Cambridge-educated, he has worked in the City since 1972 when he joined Clarksons as a graduate