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Jojo Mehta speaks in the Keynes Lbrary at 6:30pm on 17th October 2023. This event was run in collaboration with CCS. .................................................................................................................... Jojo Mehta is Co-Founder & Executive Director of Stop Ecocide International. Ecocide refers to th mass damage and destruction of the natural living world, committ...

Millie B speaks in the debating chamber on Tuesday 10th October 2023. ..................................................................................................................... Millie B gained popularity through the second Noisey documentary - Blackpool Grime: One Year On. Artist behind the most-used sound of all time on Tik Tok, her "M to the B" song has reached 40M streams o...

Gina Miller speaks at the Cambridge Union Society on Tuesday 25th April 2023 at 6pm in the Debating Chamber. Gina Miller is a businesswoman, political activist and the leader of the True & Fair Party, which advocates for systemic reform in politics to strengthen accountability, transparency and ethics. She is also well-known for winning two high-profile constitutional legal battles against the...

Baroness Dambisa Moyo speaks on 11th April 2023 at 17:30 in the Union Library. Baroness Moyo is an influential economist and businesswoman. She serves on the boards of 3M, Chevron and Conde Nast as well as the Oxford University Endowment investment committee. She is the author of five global bestsellers including Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa and Edge of...

Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović speaks in the Cambridge Union Library at 5pm on Thursday 27th April 2023. His Excellency Dr. Dritan Abazović has been the Prime Minister of Montenegro since 2022. Active in politics since his youth, impressively he is currently the third-youngest head of government in the world. Montenegro has excelled in foreign affairs in recent years, with a particul...

Recorded in the Chamber on 17th March 2023 at 6pm Beto O'Rourke, 2020 Presidential candidate & candidate for Governer of Texas, his unbroken spirit soldiers on with interesting and diverse ideals that catch the eye of many, particularly in controversial debate; He discusses his considerations for a better America for all. Artwork by Nordin Catic

Recorded in the Chamber on 17th March 2023 at 7pm Sir Bradley Wiggins is a former track and road cyclist. He has achieved world titles in four cycling disciplines and has won eight Olympic medals, five of them gold, holding the title of Great Britain's most decorated Olympian until 2021. In 2012, Sir Bradley made sporting history when he became the first man to win the Tour de France and an Ol...

Recorded in the Union Library on 14th March 2023 at 5pm. Tasha Ghouri is a model, dancer and media personality who made history in 2020 as Love Island's first ever deaf contestant. Since then her popularity has skyrocketed; her notable fashion taste, as seen in the show led to her appointment as eBay’s first ever pre-loved ambassador. She is also incredibly passionate about deaf awareness, as...

Daniel Levy speaks in the Debating Chamber at 4pm on 14th March 2023. Daniel Levy is a prolific businessman and is the current Chairman of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur FC. He is currently the longest serving chairman in the Premier League and oversaw the design and construction of the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in recent years. Levy is also managing director of the ENIC Group, an inves...

Recorded in the Union Library at 5pm on 7th March 2023. Simon Mann has done it all. A former SAS officer; his mercenary company Sandline International developed a reputation for efficiency, quelling uprisings across West Africa. In 1997, Sandline was called in to put down an uprising in Papa New Guinea, sparking a military revolt in the so-called Sandline Affair: After organising a failed coup in...

Recorded in the Chamber on 7th March 2023 at 8pm. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the head of United Transitional Cabinet and leads the Belarusian Democratic Movement; A global symbol for peace & struggle for democracy & female leadership. She has recieved numerous accolades, including a nomiation for the Nobel Peace Prize. Artwork by Nordic Catic

William Lenney, better known as 'WillNE' is a Youtuber from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. Will's popularity exploded in 2016 with his witty videos about the 'BGMedia' grime channel, which highlighted his dow-to-earth personality and humour. In the six years since, he has been incredibly successful, with over - million subscribers across his two channels, and over 1. billion view...

Soma Sara is a multi-award winning activist, author, speaker and CEO of the charity 'Evervone's Invited'. In June 2020, Soma began sharing her experiences of rape culture on Instagram. In light of the overwhelming response from those that resonated with her story, Soma founded Everyone's Invited. Evervone's Invited is an anti-rape movement organisation based in the United Kingd...

Jeremy Vine is a British television and radio presenter as well as a prolific journalist. He is the host of his own BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme, and is also the host of the Channel 5 quiz show, Eggheads. Vine also presents for his current-affairs show, aptly named Jeremy Vine. His work has also been political - in 1999 Vine presented a report on South African police brutality for the BBC, winn...

Rylan came to fame on The X Factor in 2012 and went on to win Celebrity Big Brother the year after before launching a professional career as a TV presenter and radio host. He currently hosts Strictly: It Takes Two and is part of the BBCs presenting team for the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as having his own radio show. Rolan's memoir, Ten, is out now, detailing all the visceral highs and l...

George ‘ Memeulous ’ is a Youtuber famous for his comedic commentary style videos. He has gained over 5.6 million subscribers across two Youtube channels, garnering a total of over 1.2 billion views, all while remaining totally anonymous. Appearing in videos with sunglasses, cap and mask to hide his identity. George drove the internet wild with his eye reveal, though his identity still remains unk...

Listen back to our interview with Dr Nguyễn Hoàng Long at The Cambridge Union on the 13th February 2023. H.E. Dr. Nguyễn Hoàng Long há bên the Ambassador of Vietnam to the United Kingdom since June 2021. Following a rapid rise through the ranks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Long became the country's youngest serving ambassador when appointed in Italy at age 36. The Ambassador hold...

Listen back to our interview with Max Brandrett at The Cambridge Union on the 10th February 2023. Max Brandrett is the most notorious art forger in the world, and has forged over 500 paintings of artists from Caravaggio to Banksy. Brandrett was jailed three times for forgery and is banned from every auction house in London as well as eBay. He has now made a legitimate business out of copying paint...

Listen back to our interview with Yanis Varoufakis at The Cambridge Union on the 7th of February 2023. Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician and academic. He was Greece's Finance Minister during the debt crisis in 2015, facing off against the IMF, ECB and European Commission. In 2019, Varoufakis was re-elected to the Hellenic Parliament with his new party MeRA25. Varoufakis s both loved and...

Listen back to our interview with Fawzia Koofi at The Cambridge Union on the 31st of January 2023. A former Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and a renowned women’s rights activist, Fawzia was the Afghan Parliament’s first-ever female Deputy Speaker and the only woman chosen by the US during the ‘Doha negotiations with the Taliban. As well as being the ex-Vice President of the National Assembly, Koofi has...

Listen back to our interview with Russ at The Cambridge Union on the 25th of January 2023. Russell James Vitale, aka Russ, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer. His latest albums have both peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200. With hits garnering hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.    Russ is known for his versatile talent, writing, producing and mixing his s...

Listen back to our interview with John Bercow at The Cambridge Union on the 24th January 2023. John Bercow is a political icon. Speaker of the House of Commons for over a decade and known for his booming voice, he became a figure above partisan politics, defending parliment in the face of an increasingly aggressive government. His legacy is mixed, with accusations of bullying balanced against esti...

Listen back to our interview with Liv Boeree at The Cambridge Union on the 19th January 2023. Liv Boeree is one of the most successful poker players of all time. In 2010, she became the third woman ever to win the European Poker Tour, coming away with €1,250,000 in winnings, following up her success in 2017 by winning the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Boeree has also won the Global Poker Ind...