Tea & Vodka
Guests
Daisy Knatchbull
Founder of Knatchbull, Savile Row’s first dedicated womenswear tailoring house, reshaping a traditional industry through modern British tailoring.
Dylan Jones
Dylan Jones OBE is a journalist, author and former Editor of British GQ, whose career has shaped the worlds of media, celebrity and culture for more than three decades.
Anthony McCarten
Anthony McCarten is an acclaimed New Zealand writer, playwright and filmmaker. His award-winning work includes The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Two Popes, earning him multiple Academy Award nominations.
Clare Binns
Clare Binns is one of the most influential figures in British independent cinema, known for championing adventurous filmmaking and the communal experience of watching films on the big screen.
Aidan Zamiri
Glasgow-born, director and photographer Aidan Zamiri is one of contemporary pop culture's defining visual storytellers, shaping creative worlds across music, fashion and film.
Jane Millichip
Jane Millichip is the CEO of BAFTA and one of the UK screen industry’s leading executives. With a career spanning journalism, television production, distribution and broadcasting, she previously served as Chief Content Officer of Sky Studios and has spent more than three decades working across the international media landscape.
Tim Robey
Tim Robey is a leading British film critic and author who has written for The Daily Telegraph since 2000. Known for his sharp, witty and deeply informed writing on cinema, he is also a regular voice on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and the author of Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops.
Kristy Matheson
Kristy Matheson is the Artistic Director of BFI Festivals and Festival Director of the BFI London Film Festival. An Australian curator with more than two decades of experience across film festivals, distribution and screen culture, she previously led the Edinburgh International Film Festival and served as Director of Film at ACMI, Australia’s national museum of screen culture.
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts is Chief Executive of the BFI, shaping the future of British film and championing independent filmmakers, new voices and the power of cinema.
Carol Morley
Carol Morley is an acclaimed British writer and director known for distinctive, deeply researched films that explore memory, identity and overlooked lives. Her work includes Dreams of a Life, The Falling, Out of Blue and Typist Artist Pirate King, as well as her new film, 7 Miles Out.
Baroness Valerie Amos
Baroness Valerie Amos is a pioneering British diplomat, politician and academic leader whose remarkable career has spanned government, the United Nations, international diplomacy and higher education.
Yinka Ilori
Yinka Ilori MBE RDI is a British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist and designer celebrated for his joyful use of colour, storytelling and bold public installations inspired by his dual heritage.
Desirée Rogers
Desirée Rogers is an American business leader, entrepreneur and former White House Social Secretary. From leading Johnson Publishing Company, home of Ebony and Jet, to her current role as CEO and co-owner of Black Opal, her career has spanned business, beauty, media, culture and public service.
RZA
RZA is the founding architect of the Wu-Tang Clan, a producer, composer, filmmaker and author whose creative vision has reshaped hip-hop and popular culture.
Ruthie Rogers
Co-founder of London's Michelin-starred River Cafe, Ruthie Rogers has helped shape a generation of chefs and redefine what a restaurant can be through her lifelong commitment to creativity, community and hospitality.