Speakers

This week HowTheLightGetsIn Hay 2023 brings together the world's leading thinkers in every field - the conversations you'll be part of will shape the intellectual landscape for years to come.

Explore this year's dynamic and expansive lineup, from maverick philosopher Slavoj Žižek to presidential advisor Fiona Hill and insightful string-theorist Brian Greene. View our panel of cutting-edge debates here or explore our full programme of events here.

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Speakers

Slavoj Žižek

Firebrand Philosopher

Fiona Hill

Key adversary to Trump

Brian Greene

Superstar string-theorist

Gillian Tett

Visionary economist

Eric Weinstein

Podcast host, polymath and mathematician

Esther Freud

Masterful novelist

Michael Shermer

Pre-eminent sceptic

Thangam Debbonaire

Leading shadow cabinet politican

Roger Penrose

Nobel Prize Winning Physicist

Lisa Randall

Trailblazing Harvard Physicist

Rowan Williams

Former Archbishop of Canterbury

Billy Bragg

Pioneering activist and musician

Rupert Sheldrake

Scientist and parapyschology researcher

Helen Czerski

Eminent physicist and broadcaster

Cory Doctorow

Renowned author, activist and blogger

Malcolm Rifkind

Former Foreign Secretary

Peter Egan

Downton Abbey Star and Activist

Sunetra Gupta

Key lockdown sceptic

Neil Turok

Game-changing physicist

Gary Lachman

Blondie bassist and philosopher

Laurie Bristow

Former ambassador to Russia

Iain McGilchrist

Groundbreaking psychiatrist

Subrena E. Smith

Philosopher of human nature

Myriam François

Leading decolonial commentator

Guy Standing

Prominent advocate of Basic Income

David Omand

Former leading spy and GCHQ director

Lola Young

Trailblazing Crossbench member

Nick Lane

Revolutionary Evolutionary Biologist

Joscha Bach

Exceptional cognitive scientist

Peter Tatchell

Leading LGBT rights activist

Steven Bonnell

Radical internet personality

Sophie Scott-Brown

Dynamic lecturer in philosophy

Suchitra Sebastian

World-class physicist

Hilary Lawson

Post-postmodern philosopher

Rory Sutherland

Insightful advertising guru

Hannah Critchlow

Internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist

Jesse Norman

Leading British Conservative Party politician

Güneş Taylor

Award-winning geneticist

Simon Blackburn

Thought-provoking philosopher

George Ellis