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Felicity
Powell, artist/curator of
'Charmed Life: The solace of objects', was born in London
in 1961 and is a London-based artist whose work in various
media has been exhibited in the UK and internationally and is
represented in the collections of major museums. Her work has been
commissioned by the V&A Museum, the British Museum, the Mo
Ibrahim Foundation and the Linnaen Society. She was the co-curator
of the 2009 exhibition 'Medals of Dishonour' at the British Museum
and has recently been commissioned to make the British Museum
medal. She was a contributor to 'A History of the World in 100
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Thomas
Dixon is an intellectual historian who teaches at Queen
Mary, University of London. He has expertise in the histories of
science, philosophy and religion and is the author of 'Science and
Religion: A Very Short Introduction'. In 2010 he presented 'The End
of God? A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion' on BBC Four. |
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Alom
Shaha is the author of 'The Young Atheist's Handbook'. He
was born in Bangladesh but grew up in London. He has represented
the community in which he grew up as a local councillor, been chair
of a children’s charity and continues to volunteer for a number of
organisations. A recipient of fellowships from NESTA and The
Nuffield Foundation, Alom has spent most of his professional life
trying to share his passion for science and education with the
public through activities including teaching, writing and making TV
programmes and short films. |
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John Polkinghorne worked for 25 years in
theoretical elementary particle physics, holding a Chair at the
University of Cambridge, 1968–79. After ordination as an Anglican
priest and five years in parish ministry, he returned to Cambridge,
eventually retiring in 1996 after seven years as the President of
Queens' College. He has served on a number of committees advising
the UK Government on ethical issues relating to scientific
advances, particularly in the area of human genetics. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted in 1997. The author of
many books on science and religion, Polkinghorne was awarded the
Templeton Prize in 2002. |
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Chris
French is Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit
in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London,
and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. His main research interest is the
psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences. French
frequently appears in the media casting a sceptical eye over
paranormal claims. He edited the 'Skeptic' for more than a decade
and writes for the Guardian's online science pages. |
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Henrietta L Moore is a cultural commentator and
social theorist. She is the William Wyse Chair of Social
Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and writes regularly on
art and related issues. Professor Moore has a continuing
long-term research engagement with Africa, where her research
programme has focused on gender, social transformation and symbolic
systems. Professor Moore is a Fellow of the British Academy, a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Academician of the Learned
Societies for the Social Sciences. She is also the Chair and
co-founder of SHM Productions Ltd, a strategy and insight
consultancy based in central London. Her most recent book is 'Still
Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions' (2011, Polity Press). |
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