In Our Time Creators & Guests

Melvyn Bragg is an English broadcaster, author, and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), and for the Radio 4 discussion series In Our Time.

Simon Tillotson is a producer for In Our Time Podcast.

Janet Montefiore is a Professor.

James Hegarty is a Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at Cardiff University.

Helen Hackett is a Professor of English Literature at University College London.

Fay Dowker is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London.

Jane Ohlmeyer is a historian, academic, and Professor of Modern History at Trinity College.

Mark Sinclair is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton.

Oliver Taplin is the Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford.

Valerie Gibson is the Head of the High Energy Physics Research Group in the Cavendish, and Director of Studies at Trinity College.

David S. Berman is a Professor in Theoretical Physics at the Queen Mary University of London.

Gareth Williams is an Assistant Professor in the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University.

Deven Patel is an Associate Professor of South Asia Studies at University of Pennsylvania.

Tim Barrett is a Professor Emeritus of East Asian History at SOAS at the University of London.

Ilgi Gercek is an Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and History at Bilkent University.

Mark Nixon is an Associate Professor in modern literature at the University of Reading.

Dr. Clare Jackson is Senior Tutor and Walter Grant Scott Fellow in History at Trinity Hall College.

Laura Ashe is a Professor of English Literature and Fellow in English at Worcester College, University of Oxford.

Steven Connor is a Professor of English at the University of Cambridge.