Guests and Special Events

History of Our Guests

2023

  • Hassan Nazer
  • Sarah Beddington

2022

  • Kamal Kaan
  • Carl Hunter
  • Mark Cousins (Online)

2020

  • Richard Heap
  • Mike Tweddle
  • Lisi Tribble (Elize Russell)
  • Dr Alan Kessedjian

2019

  • Alice Lowe
  • James Gardner
  • Carl Hunter
  • Mike Tweddle
  • Norma Marcos
  • Neil Sinyard

2018

  • Bruce Parry
  • Simon Hunter
  • Lewis MacDougall
  • Anwen Hurt
  • Neil Sinyard
  • Lisi Tribble
  • David Banning

2017

  • Greta Scacchi
  • Adam Feinstein
  • Matt Glasby
  • Karen Krizanovich
  • Ali Catterall
  • Simon Hughes
  • Nick Barton

2016

  • Tony Britten
  • Rayna Campbell
  • Helen Walsh
  • Tom Allen
  • Simon Hughes

2015

  • Tom Browne
  • Gemma Jones
  • Richard Johnson
  • Munsur Ali
  • Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee
  • Justine Atkinson
  • David Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool
  • Rachael Rodway

2014

  • Dame Janet Suzman
  • Charlie Cattrall
  • Erik Knudsen
  • Adam Dawtrey
  • Dan Hartley

2013

  • John Hurt
  • Alex Etel
  • Tony Britten
  • Mustafa Gündogdu
  • The Lancaster Millennium Choir
  • Tony Palmer
  • Clare Sambrook & Rachel Seifert
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