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Author Biographies
Frank Millard PhD
Politics Editor
Frank Millard is an experienced researcher and writer with a background in print, online and TV journalism. Frank has worked in busy newsrooms and magazine publishers as an editor, journalist, business analyst and PR consultant.
Eliot Lord
Visual Editor, Cartoonist & Web Designer
Eliot Lord is an autistic and artistic political commentator and cartoonist from London. His love of politics is only matched by his love of drawing, making and writing. He has an MFA in Fine Art from Newcastle University and is a member of the Professional Cartoonists' Organisation who he exhibits with regularly. He also contributes to Europinion, The New Cartoonist and Spotted News. If you want to see more of his work, he is constantly updating his website here.
Kate Jones
White House Bureau Chief
Kate Jones is The Context's White House Bureau Chief, a British and international journalist, geopolitical analyst and The Context Washington correspondent.
Sir Vince Cable PhD
Contributor
Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable is the former Member of Parliament for Twickenham and former leader of the Liberal Democrats. An economist by training, he has held positions at Shell International, the Kenyan Treasury and Chatham House. He currently serves as Chair of the eFreight 2030 Consortium, as a non-executive director of hydrogen company Element 2 and as a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.
Alan Sked DPhil
Contributor
Alan Sked is Emeritus Professor of International History at LSE where he spent his whole academic life. Prior to this he co-founded the Bruges Group and founded UKIP, before leaving the party when it moved towards the xenophobic far right. He relinquished his chair there four years ago to become full-time carer to his elderly mother in the remote Scottish Highlands for three years before she died last year. He is now back in London, launching the Clean Brexit Movement to offer the country a vision of a prosperous future for Britain.
Pelle Neroth Taylor
Contributor
Pelle Neroth Taylor is a journalist, film-maker and political writer, author of several books, currently residing in Sweden. His Areas of expertise include the Deep State, cold war, propaganda, political assassinations, and politics of the new European populism. Educated at Westminster School, and Bristol, he has had a career in journalism, working as a sub editor at the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday and the Times. His journalism has been published in the Financial Times, The European, Africa Today, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, The Lancet and The Economist.
Ima von Wenden
Contributor
Ima von Wenden (MCIPR, LL.B.Hons) is a communication professional, brand strategist and keynote speaker with over thirty years of international experience.
KJ Millard
Contributor
KJ Millard is an author with a particular interest in history and bringing it to life. She is also a teacher specialising in Special Educational Needs. Her debut novel Charlie and the Spitfire is on sale now.
Prem Sikka PhD
Contributor
Baron Prem Sikka of Kingswood in Basildon in the County of Essex is a British-Indian accountant, academic and Labour member of the House of Lords. He holds the position of Professor of Accounting at the University of Sheffield, is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex, and is, as of October 2025, the President of the Social Policy Association. His research concerns the dark side of capitalism. As well as holding a PhD in Accounting, Baron Sikka also holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences from the Open University. Sikka has a regular column in Left Foot Forward.
Dr Andrew Dwyer
Contributor
Andrew is an experienced researcher at the intersection of socio-technical and geopolitical interests in (cyber) security. His research ranges from work within cyber policy and geopolitics, an in-depth knowledge of malware detection, the role of machine learning in international security, to participatory and creative practice. He has given evidence to the UK Parliament on offensive cyber and speaks to numerous media outlets including The Times, The Record, The Telegraph, VOA Chinese, and BBC News as well as BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, and LBC.
David Starkey PhD
Contributor
Dr. David Starkey CBE is one of Britain’s leading historians. He is the author of many best-selling books; has guest-curated several major historical exhibitions and made some of the most important and widely watched historical documentary series on TV. Starkey has a regular vlog on YouTube.
Sir John Redwood
Contributor
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood is an analyst of government and economies. He writes a daily blog www.johnredwoodsdiary.com, sends out short versions daily on X, regularly appears on TalkTV and GB News, and is the author of many books and articles. A Distinguished fellow of All Souls College Oxford, he has managed industrial companies and parts of the public sector in past roles.
Kevin Dent KC
Contributor
Kevin Dent KC is a leading barrister and Kings Counsel with over 30 years' experience in the field of criminal law. He specialises in defending and prosecuting serious and complex cases, including financial crime and homicide. Based in chambers at 5 St Andrews Hill, he also has a particular interest in international criminal law and human rights. Brought up in Kent, Kevin was educated in a comprehensive school and has an enduring passion for the visual arts.
Catherine McBride OBE
Contributor
Catherine McBride OBE is an economist and a fellow at the Centre for Brexit Policy. She writes about trade and agricultural issues, having worked in financial services trading equity and agricultural commodity derivatives for 19 years.
Leigh Evans
Contributor
Leigh Evans was a businessman for 30 years, having founded successful businesses and sat on many Boards as a director and non-exec director. Before the EU Referendum he gave this all up to fight for independence, sovereignty, democracy and freedom. In addition to working on contract for a UK TV news channel his responsibilities include being a Chairman for Facts4EU and the Campaign for an Independent Britain.
Thea Montgomerie-Anderson
Contributor
Thea started her career behind the camera shooting on filming then moved into media sales working for corporate giants such as Sky TV. She quickly loved the work hard play hard environment of the City. The opportunity arose to be in front of the camera, ITV 1 Natural Born Sellers then she internationally toured her female only comedy show, The Barbie Stand Up Show after which she retrained as a Civil Litigator specialising in Disability law as she wanted to give back by helping the most vulnerable in society.
Dr Reva Gudi
Contributor
For over 20 years, Dr Reva Gudi has proudly served as an NHS GP in a practice located in the constituency of Hayes & Harlington. Gudi's passion for public service extends far beyond the realm of healthcare. As a School Governor for a local school in Hayes, Gudi is also deeply invested in the education and well-being of the younger generation. Gudi was the prospective Conservative Candidate in 2024.
Antony Millard
Contributor
Antony Millard is the former chairman and CEO of a London-based insurance/financial services group. As well as this, Millard also has links to Europe, being a President of an Italian company that owns an Umbrian Castle. Millard is also the co-founder of an innovative Spanish village under construction, which has been specially adapted for seniors with impaired cognition. Most importantly Millard is father to five amazing boys.
E. Dean Butler
Contributor
E. Dean Butler is an American businessman and founder of LensCrafters. As well as a passion for optometry, Butler also has a keen eye on business and the politics related to business which extends to competition between brands, watching markets and the sourcing of materials globally.
Donna Rachel Edmunds
Contributor
Donna Rachel Edmunds is a political strategist and freelance journalist. Edmunds started in politics at the European Parliament in 2009 as chief advisor to Roger Helmer MEP; after this, they worked in Therese Coffey's office as political advisor. Between 2014 and 2019, Edmunds worked for Breitbart London and The Jerusalem Post as a journalist and editor. Edmunds is currently a panel member on the Rape Gang Inquiry and will shortly be launching the National Archive for Survivors of Grooming Gangs.
Eamonn Butler
Contributor
Eamonn Butler is Director of the Adam Smith Institute, one of the world’s leading policy think tanks. Butler holds degrees in economics and psychology, a PhD in philosophy and an honorary DLitt. In the 1970s he worked in Washington, DC, for the US House of Representatives, and taught philosophy at Hillsdale College, Michigan, before returning to the UK to co-found the Adam Smith Institute. Butler has won the Freedom Medal of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the UK National Free Enterprise Award and the Hayek Institute Lifetime Achievement Award.
Adel Darwish
Contributor
Adel Darwish is a British author, historian, political commentator and a veteran journalist, parliamentarian reporter & commentator based at the Press Gallery in the Palace of Westminster. In his long and distinguished career, Darwish's work has been published in an array of titles including The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Washington Post.
Chris Larn
Contributor
Christopher Larn studied Computer Science and accounting, specialising in computer graphics and speech recognition at Southbank Polytechnic. After gaining a first Class honours at degree level, Larn obtained his M.Phil in Computer Speech and language processing at Cambridge University.
Edward Dawson
Contributor
Edward Dawson is a former Conservative candidate for Bedlinog and Trelewis in Merthyr Tydfil Council. As well as politics, two of Edward’s core interests are the environment and history.
Ben Habib
Contributor
Ben Habib is a Pakistani–British politician and businessman who serves as the director of Advance UK. Habib served as a co-deputy leader of Reform UK from October 2023 to July 2024.
Anthony Lenaghan
Contributor
Anthony Lenaghan is a distinguished barrister for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
Aum Thakkar
Contributor
Aum Thakkar is an Investment Analyst at UCEA with interests in Private Equity & Venture Capital, Commodities Analyst at DFR, and International Economics. Thakkar holds an MSc Investment & Finance from Queen Mary University of London.
Robert Amsterdam
Contributor
Robert Amsterdam is a prominent American-Canadian international lawyer specializing in high-profile political advocacy, human rights, and investment disputes. As the Founder and Managing Partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP, Amsterdam has led cases in challenging jurisdictions like Russia, Venezuela, and Nigeria.
