Festival team Photo: KT Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com

Festival team

Festival Chief Executive: Sally Dunsmore

Festival Board Directors: Bruce Thew (Chairman), John Harris (President), Graham Benson, Brian Hardy

Special Advisor: Tony Byrne

Children’s and Young People’s Programme Director: Nicolette Jones

Science Programme Director: Georgina Ferry

Director of Academic Programmes: Professor Jem Poster

Cathedral Programme Director: Canon Edmund Newell, Sub-Dean, Christ Church

Film and Television Consultant: Graham Benson

American Cinema and Theatre Consultant: Stefanie Powers

Patrons:  Dame Joan Bakewell, Professor Colin Blakemore, Professor Janet Beer, Professor John Carey, Professor Richard Dawkins, Daisy Goodwin, Joanne Harris, Baroness James of Holland Park, Peter Kemp, Mark Lawson, The Rt Hon Baron Patten of Barnes CH, Philip Pullman, Dr David Starkey, Sir Peter Stothard

Website and content editor: Derek Holmes

Debate and Panel Co-ordinator: Michael Farley

Publicity: Four Communications

Festival Administrator: Louise Croft

Marketing: Rachel Byrne

Historic Food Advisor: Anne Menzies

Co-ordinator for Creative Writing Course; the Friends of the Festival and public liaison: Susan Walker

Site Manager: J P Judson

Green Room Managers: Rachel Byrne and Jill Dunsmore

Box Officer Manager: Nick Jordan and Tricia Simms

With special thanks to volunteer co-ordinator: Caitlin McNamara

Programme printers: by Oxford University Press

Programme Designer: Simon Stafford

Photography: Courtesy of K T Bruce www.ktbrucephotography.com and Oxford Picture Library www.cap.ox.com

Festival Stewards: We also thank all the voluntary festival stewards for their time and generous support throughout the festival.