During a career spanning almost thirty years, Nick Bryant came to be regarded as one of the BBC’s finest foreign correspondents. He has been posted in Washington, South Asia, Australia and New York, where he covered the Trump years. His writing has appeared in The Economist, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly and The New Statesman. He broadcasts regularly on the BBC and ABC. Nick studied history at Cambridge and has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford. He now lives in Sydney with his wife and children. His book, When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present, currently resides on Joe Biden’s bookshelf.

James Helm is Executive Director of Communications at the University of Cambridge. He began his career as a journalist, and became a BBC correspondent and presenter, reporting from around the world on international affairs, politics and sport. For several years he was the BBC’s correspondent in Ireland, and he continues to write and broadcast on a variety of issues.

James studied politics as an undergraduate at Cambridge, and returned in 2022 to take up his current role. He has led communications teams in the public and private sectors, including in the UK Government.