Speakers

HowTheLightGetsIn gathers together the leading thinkers in every field to think through the issue of our time and find new ways of understanding the world. The conversations you'll hear will help shape the intellectual landscape of the country for years to come.

Explore the first taste of the speakers joining us at HowTheLightGetsIn London 2025.

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John Gray

Liberalism's greatest critic
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Alain de Botton

Founder of 'The School of Life'
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Anna Lembke

Leading psychiatrist and author
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Neil Kinnock

Former Labour Party Leader
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Sabine Hossenfelder

World leading science communicator
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Sabrina Pasterski

Trailblazing theoretical physicist
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Timothy Garton Ash

Internationally acclaimed historian of Europe
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Priya Natarajan

Pioneering Astrophysicist
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Brian Keating

Experimental cosmologist