Speakers
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Bristol 650
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Idoia Postigo
Idoia’s influence spans widely, as an active member of many local boards, societies, and networks, including the Advisory Council of the Urban Agenda at Euskadi-Bultzatu 2050, the Bilbao-Bizkaia Action Group, and the Bilbao Port Community UNIPORT. She is also a published author, graduated in political sciences, international relations, psychology, and organisational behaviour, and is a […]
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Alex Raikes
She has gained specialist and practical knowledge on all forms of hate crime and on delivering services to victims of such incidents. She has an extensive knowledge of other equalities and support services in the region. She has led on designing pioneering specialist collaborations for tackling hate crime, facilitated many complex situations involving conflict or […]
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James Baldwin 2024
Chitra Ramaswamy
Her first book, Expecting: The Inner Life of Pregnancy (Saraband) won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Polari Prize. She has contributed essays to Antlers of Water, Nasty Women, The Freedom Papers, The Bi:ble, and Message From The Skies and recently completed a commission from the Alasdair Gray […]
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Claudia Rankine
Her new publication, Just Us: An American Conversation, is a collection of essays with Graywolf Press (US) and Allen Lane (UK) in 2020. She is also the editor of several anthologies including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. In 2016, she co-founded The Racial Imaginary Institute (TRII). Among her numerous awards […]
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Festival of Economics
Cathy Reay
She’s a single and solo mum of two, and identifies as polyamorous and queer. Reay has written chapters in books including We’ve Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents by Eliza Hull, No Offence, But…: How to Have Difficult Conversations for Meaningful Change by Gina Martin, and Everyday Action, Everyday Change: Stay Positive and Motivated in […]
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Bristol Ideas
Marvin Rees
He was first elected mayor of Bristol in 2016 and, after serving an extended five-year first term due to the pandemic, was re-elected in 2021. His memoir, My City, will be published in June 2024.
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Sergii Rodionov
Sergii Rodionov is a Ukrainian creative director, initiator of public projects and designer with a background in editorial design, tech, urbanism, contemporary art and culture. He works in the fields of media, urban planning, modern technologies, and culture. Rodionov is a co-founder of Good News, a NYC & Amsterdam-based design bureau, and Mriia, an initiative […]
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Sheila Rowbotham
She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman’s Consciousness, Man’s World; and Hidden from History. Photo credit: Marcus Ahmad
