Kevin Doogan is Jean Monnet Professor of European Policy Studies at the University of Bristol and author of New Capitalism? The Transformation of Work (Polity 2009).

David Aaronovitch, journalist and author of  `Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History`

Lone Frank, Denmark's most distinguished science writer and author of the bestselling book Mindfield

Arthur (Tim) Garson Jr., executive vice president and provost of the University of Virginia and author of  `Health Care Half Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality`

John Gray is emeritus professor of European thought at the LSE and author of Gray's Anatomy.