Contributors

Jim Holt is a prominent essayist and critic on philosophy, mathematics, and science. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books and Prospect magazine. He lives in New York City. He is the author of Stop Me If You've Heard This [9781846681097] also published by Profile.

Cathy Park Hong has written three books of poetry, and has received some of the most prestigious fellowships for her writing: the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her essays have been cited by Claudia Rankine, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Ben Lerner, and have been called 'groundbreaking' (Granta) and the 'cornerstone of contemporary criticism' (Ploughshares).

Holger Hoock (b. 1972) is the Carroll J. Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. His first book, The King's Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture (OUP, 2003), was runner-up for the 2004 Whitfield Prize in British History.

Philip Hook is a Board member and senior director of Impressionist & Modern art at Sotheby's in London. He previously worked at Christie's in the 19th Century Paintings Department. He has appeared regularly on Antiques Roadshow and is the author of five novels and many books on the art world, including Breakfast at Sotheby's (2013) which was a book of the year in the Sunday Times, Spectator, Financial Times, Guardian and Mail on Sunday.

Rowan Hooper is Managing Editor of New Scientist magazine, where he writes about all aspects of science, from the nature of dreams to life in the multiverse. After gaining a PhD in evolutionary biology, he worked in Japan studying dragonflies, then held a fellowship at Trinity College Dublin working in a physics lab and as writer-in-residence. He is the author of Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability.

Ryan Holiday is one of the world's bestselling living philosophers. His books, which include The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, Stillness Is the Key and the Stoic Virtues series, have appeared in more than 40 languages and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Together, they've spent over 300 weeks on the bestseller lists. He lives outside Austin with his wife and two boys…and a small herd of cows and donkeys and goats. His bookstore, The Painted Porch, sits on historic Main St in Bastrop, Texas.

Follow Ryan on X @ryanholiday and visit his website www.ryanholiday.net

Professor Richard Holmes was one of Britain's most distinguished historians. He was Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, and he presented seven BBC TV series, including War Walks and In the Footsteps of Churchill. He was general editor of the Oxford Companion to Military History, and the author of over twenty books. He died on 30th April 2011.

Alex Holder is a freelance writer and consultant, who writes for ELLE, Grazia, Refinery29 and the Guardian among others. Her projects have been featured everywhere from the BBC to the New Yorker, while her campaign highlighting the gender
pay gap went viral and helped change an actual law. She has been named one of Business Insider's 30 Most Creative Women globally and listed by the Evening Standard as one of today's 5 Inspiring Female Leaders.

@AlexandreHolder

Stephen Hockman QC has been a barrister since 1970 and specialises in regulatory law. He is head of chambers at 6 Pump Court, Temple, and a former chair of the Bar Council. He has been a member of the Labour Party and of the Society of Labour Lawyers since his early years in practice.

Eva Hoffman has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Whiting Award for writing and the Prix Italia for radio. Her books include Lost in Translation and the novel Illuminations.

Beatrice Hitchman is an author and academic. Her first novel Petite Mort was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Polari Prize, the HWA Debut Prize and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Prize. She currently works as a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton.