2025

Quintus XLVIII – 28 January 2025

The Font of All Fonts

Bernard Shapero

Founder of Shapero Rare Books

 

2024

Quintus XLVII – 18 September 2024

Diplomacy in the Middle East

Rob Macaire

Former Ambassador to Iran and Kenya

 

Quintus XLVI – 19 April 2024

Hunting the Hunters

Edward Ndiritu

Head of Anti-Poaching at Lewa Conservation

 

Quintus XLV – 31 January 2024

Smooth Vermouth

Guy Abrahams

Founder of the London Vermouth Company

 

The Covid Years

Quintus XLIV – 23 September 2023

Too Beautiful to Survive

Harry Handelsman

CEO and Founder of the Manhattan Loft Corporation

 

Quintus XLIII – 29 September 2021

The Sarawak Report

Clare Rewcastle-Brown

Environmental and Anti-corruption Activist, Author and Journalist

 

Quintus XLII – 29 November 2019

Moral Compass in Populist Times

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC

Barrister, Broadcaster and Activist

 

2018

Quintus XLI – 19 September 2018

Conservation Conversation

Patrick Crawford

Conservation Architect

 

Quintus XLV – 13 June 2018

It’s a Dog’s Life

Shaun Opperman

Veterinary Director Battersea Dogs & Cats Home

 

Quintus XXXIX – 26 April 2018

Defending the Indefensible

Jason Bartfeld KC

Barrister – Criminal and Sports Law

 

Quintus XXXVIII – 31 January 2018

Still Here and Reasonably Happy

Sir John Madejski OBE

Businessman, Philanthropist and Former Owner of Reading FC

2017

Quintus XXXVII – 8 November 2017

From Marylebone to Sierra Leone

Dr Felicity Fitzgerald

Infectious Diseases Specialist

 

Quintus XXXVI – 20 September 2017

Dark Chapter

Winnie M Li

Rape Survivor, Novelist and Activist

 

Quintus XXXV – 19 July 2017

Let’s Have a Butcher’s

Jeremy Greene

Butcher

 

Quintus XXXIV – 21 June 2017

The Black Farmer

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE

Leading Advertising Executive Turned Farmer

 

Quintus XXXIII – 26 April 2017

The View from Inside

Kweku Adoboli

Former Trader, Convicted of Fraud

 

Quintus XXXII – 16 March 2017

Red Notice

Sir Bill Browder

Hedge Fund Manager, Now Political Activist

 

2016

Quintus XXXI – 9 November 2016

Anthropecene

Dr Mike Barrett

Executive Director of Conservation and Science at WWF UK

 

Quintus XXX – 16 September 2016

Murder and Corruption in London

Peter Jukes

Investigative Journalist, Author and Founder of Byline Times

 

Quintus XXIX – 15 June 2016

A Thousand Years of Pop

Mike Hurst

Prolific Music Producer

 

Quintus XXVIII – 27 April 2016

Sex by Numbers

Sir David Spiegelhalter OBE

Statistician, Winton Professor and Author

 

Quintus XXVII – 2 March 2016

The Art of Selling Art

Francis Outred

Head of Post War and Contemporary Arts at Christie’s

 

Quintus XXVI – 27 January 2016

(Gin)ealogy

Andy Seach

Mixologist and Spirits Consultant

 

2015

Quintus XXV – 25 November 2015

Back on Track

Martyn Ashton

Former MBT British and World Champion & Stunt Rider, Now Paralysed Advocate

 

Quintus XXIV – 30 September 2015

Heraldry After Agincourt

Clive Cheesman

Richmond Herald of Arms

Quintus XXIII – 23 June 2015

Elephant Man, Behind the Scene

Scott Ellis (and Cast)

Award-winning Theatre and TV Director

 

Quintus XXII – 10 June 2015

The End of Re-Offend

Junior Smart OBE

Youth Leader and Violence Intervention Specialist, Reformed Convict

 

Quintus XXI – 29 April 2015

Gained in Translation

Christopher MacLehose CBE

Publisher, Specialist in Foreign Language Books

 

Quintus XX – 18 March 2015

Making Music

David Lowe

Television and Radio Music Composer

 

Quintus XIX – 28 January 2015

The Perils of American Extradition

David Bermingham

Former Banker, Member of the Natwest Three

 

2014

Quintus XVIII – 12 November 2014

To Bee or Not to Bee

Camilla Goddard

Urban Beekeeper

 

Quintus XVII – 24 September 2014

Rowing Blue Riband

Jamie Sparks

Ocean Rower, Guiness Book World Record Holder

 

Quintus XVI – 13 August 2014

Down to Atlas

CERN Visit

Exclusive Visit to the Large Hadron Collider

 

Quintus XV – 2 July 2014

Regal Stills

Henry Dallal

Royal Photographer

 

Quintus XIV – 30 April 2014

The God Particle

Professor Phil Burrows

Senior Research Fellow in Physics, Jesus College, Oxford

 

Quintus XIII – 19 March 2014

CSI Edinburgh

Dr Chris Bellamy

Pathologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

 

Quintus XII – 29 January 2014

Taking Care of Boris

Will Walden

Director of Communications for Mayor of London

 

2013

Quintus XI – 27 November 2013

War Crimes and Impunity

Mark Ellis

Executive Director of the International Bar Association

 

Quintus X – 16 October 2013

Beautiful, Inedible Food

Lisa Heathcote

Food Stylist for Film and TV

Quintus IX – 11 September 2013

The Summit Is Never High Enough

David Tait MBE

Child Abuse Survivor, NSPCC Fundraiser and CEO of World Gold Council

 

Quintus VIII – 3 July 2013

Churchill’s Finest Hour

Phil Reed OBE

Director Emeritus, Churchill War Rooms

 

Quintus VII – 5 June 2013

Daunting Dante

Angelo Villani

Concert Pianist

Quintus VI – 24 April 2013

PR, Not Just for Bankers

Simon Goldie

Financial Public Relations

 

Quintus V – 13 March 2013

Finding and Filming Tarsiers

Mark Wild

Wildlife Documentary Director and Producer

 

Quintus IV – 30 January 2013

Welcome to the House of Fun

The Lord Redesdale

Working Peer, House of Lords

 

2012

Quintus III – 28 November 2012

War, What Is It Good For?

Brigadier Justin Maciejewski DSO MBE

Iraq War Veteran, Director General of Army Museum

 

Quintus II – 24 October 2012

Reporting Behind Enemy Lines

Evan Williams

Investigative Reporter, Documentary Producer

Quintus I – 4 September 2012

The Shaman in Stilletos

Anna Hunt

Journalist, Author and Healer