Speakers
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Kat Lyons
Their debut poetry collection Love Beneath the Nails is available from Verve Poetry Press. Kat performs throughout the UK and was nominated for the 2022 Jerwood Poetry in Performance Award. They host poetry events, facilitate workshops for all ages, write for commission and are interested in exploring how stories re/connect us to our world and to each […]
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Festival of Economics
Barra Mac Ruairi
He is a Chartered Architect and Chartered Planner. Barra spent a decade in local Government, firstly as the Strategic Director of Place at Bradford and then Bristol. Prior to that he was Head of the Urban Renaissance at the Yorkshire Regional Development Agency, having worked extensively in the property development and consultancy sectors in various […]
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Festival of the Future City
James MacDonald-Nelson
Having studied and worked in spatial practice for 10 years in Canada and Europe, James MacDonald-Nelson has a deep knowledge of how the built environment is transformed and managed – and how often citizens are left out of these processes. He has a BAH from Queens University in Global Development Studies, a masters in Landscape […]
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Festival of the Future City
Neil Maggs
Amongst many other projects Neil Maggs presents the Bristol Unpacked podcast for The Bristol Cable which brings together challenging conversations with people in Bristol on big topics facing the city and beyond.
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Festival of Economics
Tina Maltman
Childminding UK is a registered charity that solely supports childminders and has recently achieved the Princess Royal Training Award for ‘ensuring high quality childcare through training and support’, the only early years organisation to achieve this. Childminding UK lobby to increase the profile of registered childminders, who are often ignored when it comes to childcare […]
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Bristol 650
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Festival of the Future City
Michael Manson
He currently edits Bristol Civic Society’s Better Bristol magazine. He is the author of six history books and three published novels, including Manson’s Bristol Miscellany Volumes One and Two. Photo credit: Paul Bullivant
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Festival of the Future City
Michael Marmot
He has led research groups on health inequalities for over 40 years and is the author of The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World (Bloomsbury: 2015) and Status Syndrome: How Your Place on the Social Gradient Directly Affects Your Health (Bloomsbury: 2004). Photo credit: Rex/Shutterstock
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Tom Marshman
An overarching theme of his work is that of the outsider & their story, particularly regarding the LGBTQ+ experience, stories that have been omitted through archival silence. He has shown work in a variety of venues including Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini (Bristol), Oval House, Chapter Arts Centre, Battersea Arts Centre, Basement Brighton, Colchester Arts Centre […]
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Bristol Ideas
Clara Mattei
Clara E. Mattei is a political economist, whose research contributes to the history of capitalism, exploring the critical relation between economic ideas and technocratic policy making. She especially focuses on the logic of austerity and its role in shaping contemporary societies. Her method integrates historical archival sources with macro-economic empirical data. Her book, The Capital Order: How […]
