On this episode of British Thought Leaders, we speak with Nigel Biggar, who until his recent retirement was Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford. Nigel was appointed CBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to higher education. His latest book ‘Colonialism: A moral reckoning’ was released in February 2023.

@NigelBiggar | www.nigelbiggar.uk

On this episode of British Thought Leaders we speak with Doctor Clare Craig, a consultant pathologist of over 20 years who has carried out extensive research into COVID-19. Clare is Co-Chair of the Health Advisory and Recovery Team or HART, a group of highly qualified UK doctors, scientists and other experts who share concerns about the handling of the pandemic.

@ClareCraigPath / https://www.hartgroup.org/

On this episode of British Thought Leaders Lee Hall hears from Kate Coleman, director of Keep Prisons Single Sex. This organisation was established in 2020 to campaign for the sex-based rights of women in prison, and for data on offending to be recorded by sex throughout the criminal justice system.

@NoXYinXXprisons / https://kpssinfo.org/

Alexander Adams is an artist, art critic and cultural commentator. Alexander’s latest book examines the origins, aims and spread of artivism. He says this fusion of art and activism is putting the very existence of our cultural institutions at risk.

@AdamsArtist

Martin Elliott is Provost of Gresham College and Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London. Martin worked in child heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 30 years and has taught and operated internationally delivering hundreds of invited lectures worldwide. He was on the panel of the China Tribunal considering evidence of forced organ harvesting in Chinese detention camps.

https://www.martinelliott.me/

Rick Bradford has had a successful career in physics and engineering and is an honourary research fellow at the University of Bristol.

He is also a world-renouned authority on men's issues, writing under the pseudonym William Collins. His 2019 book 'The Empathy Gap' is a comprehensive collection of evidence arguing that men are extensively disadvantaged across many areas of life.

Belinda Brown is a researcher, author and commentator on issues such as gender, family and community. Belinda also writes for the Conservative Woman @TheConWom, is Children and Families Spokeswoman for the Heritage Party and a patroness of the Scottish Family Party.

@bbhippopotamus

Simon Cheng is an exiled Hong Kong activist and founder of the UK-wide diaspora group Hongkongers in Britain. Simon made the news in 2021 after he was detained and allegedly tortured in China.

In this episode of British Thought Leaders, Simon talks about his experience with the CCP and the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.

Simon also discussed the incident where protestors were attacked at the Chinese consulate in Manchester in 2022.

@SimonChengUK / @HongkongersUK

Will Knowland is an educator, writer & cultural commentator. He is outspoken on topics such as masculinity, morality and the role of men in modern society.

Will was sacked from his role at Eton College for refusing to take down YouTube lecture questioning 'toxic masculinity' but was subsiquently cleared of professional misconduct. In this video he talks about this experience.

@KnowlandKnows

Lord Alton is a former Liberal Party Member of Parliament for a Liverpool constituency and Chief Whip – who has sat as an Independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords since 1997 when he was made a life peer. He is a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University and author of several books.

Alton is known for his human rights work including the co-founding Jubilee Campaign and Jubilee Action, and serves as chair, patron, or trustee, of several charities and voluntary organisations. He is a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Relations and Defence.

https://www.davidalton.net/