May 4, 2021
Henry Winter is chief football writer of The Times after 21 years as football correspondent of the Telegraph and eight years as a football reporter at the Independent. He has been voted SJA Specialist Correspondent of the Year four times and Football Writer of the Year once. He has ghosted books with Kenny Dalglish, John Barnes and Steven Gerrard which was named sports book of the year and spent four weeks at the top of the Sunday times bestseller list. He is a judge for the Ballon d’Or, and was named in the Debretts 500 most influential people in the country. His brilliant analysis of English football, 50 Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing, was published in June 2016 by Bantam Press. Most recently he assisted Michael Carrick in writing his autobiography, Between the Lines, for Blink Publishing.
Twitter: @henrywinter
Aug 14, 2026
Erick Taylor Woodby is a writer, editor, and essayist whose work explores culture, identity, history, and the experiences of changemakers around the world. He’s written for Orion Publishing Group and appeared in publications including Queerty’s Native Son, Krull Magazine, and Substack. Woodby has also been quoted in Forbes, where his biweekly podcast, Our Black Gay Diaspora™, was recognized for amplifying Black LGBTQ+ voices and stories. In 2025, he was named to the National Black Justice Collective’s “Cohort of 100 Black LGBTQ+/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch.”
Woodby’s writing is informed by years of interviewing, researching, and producing long-form conversations as the creator, host, and producer of Our Black Gay Diaspora™. Through more than 135 episodes featuring Black LGBTQIA+ trailblazers from 28 countries and 45 professions, he has developed a thoughtful, curiosity-driven voice that carries into his feature writing, profiles, and essays. Woodby strives to create work that is deeply researched, engaging, and rooted in authentic storytelling.
Mar 28, 2022
Samantha Woodham is a family law barrister considered a leader in her field in the Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Spears and the Tatler HNW Guide. Along with fellow barrister Harry Gates, she co-founded The Divorce Surgery, the first service in the UK to enable separating couples to share one family lawyer (www.thedivorcesurgery.co.uk). She is a contributor to BBC news on family law, regularly writes about de-stigmatising divorce, was shortlisted for Entrepreneur of the Year at the Women in Law Awards 2020, won Champion of the Year in the Citywealth Powerwomen of the Year Awards 2021, and was one of 40 women awarded the Government’s Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award in April 2021. Samantha and Harry have now written a book about how couples can divorce well, called ‘The Divorce Surgery: The Art of Untying the Knot’, published by Harper Collins in April 2022. It is an accessible blueprint for separating well, but also provokes a wider conversation around why we, as a society, treat divorce as a failure, and why that has to change.
Website: www.thedivorcesurgery.co.uk
Instagram: @thedivorcesurgery
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