Be Bold! Lectures

Our Be Bold! Lectures are a dynamic series of thought-provoking talks that tackle some of the most pressing issues shaping our world today.

Designed to spark curiosity and ignite debate, these events invite students to engage directly with influential guest speakers—leaders, changemakers, and experts in their fields. Together, we delve into complex topics, challenge assumptions, and expand our perspectives.

The Be Bold! Lectures are open to all our LEH community and parents and carers from Hampton School. Come ready to question, reflect, and be inspired.

Upcoming Events

Dr Tiffany Jenkins – 18 November 2025

Dr Tiffany Jenkins is a writer and cultural historian. She is the author of the acclaimed Keeping Their Marbles: How Treasures of the Past Ended Up in Museums and Why They Should Stay There. Her latest book, Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life, is out now!

She is a trustee of the British Museum and has held positions as an honorary fellow in the History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and visiting fellow in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics.

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Dr Matt Morgan – 28 January 2026

Dr Matt Morgan is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Honorary Professor at Cardiff University and Curtin University in Australia and regular BMJ columnist. He has contributed to over 50 scientific articles following his PhD in artificial intelligence.

He has spoken at some of the largest book festivals in the world, written articles for diverse publications from The Guardian to Esquire magazine, featured on radio programmes including The Today Programme as well as appearing on many television programs from CNN to BBC. He gave the 2023 Woodridge Lecture, has spoken at The Wellcome Trust and was nominated for the Royal Society’s David Attenborough prize for public engagement. He was listed in the top fifty most influential health tech people in 2024.

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Kavita Puri – 26 February 2026

Kavita Puri is a multi award-winning journalist, executive producer and broadcaster. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories which was adapted for the stage at the Donmar Warehouse in London. She is the Chair of the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 and a Trustee of the V&A Museum. Her new podcast series The Second Map has just launched and is now on BBC Sounds.

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Be Bold lectures are ‘inspirational’. Speakers tackle controversial, difficult or provocative subjects and girls learn that there are many different narratives, and are encouraged to listen, discuss and form their own opinions.

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Previous Speakers

Dr Daisy Dunn

We were delighted to welcome LEH Alumna, Dr Daisy Dunn back to LEH. Daisy gave an engaging and thought-provoking talk on Lessons from the Ancient World. Based on her latest book, The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World, Daisy spoke about what lessons we can learn from the ancient world, exploring how women should be brought in from the margins of ancient history and classical literature, and how, in doing so, we can learn from their voices, and see our world in a richer light.

Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed is an author and highly acclaimed speaker about mindset and high performance with titles including; Bounce, Black Box Thinking, Rebel Ideas, The Greatest, and his celebrated children’s books, What Do You Think?, You Are Awesome and Dare To Be You.

Tomiwa Owolade

Tomiwa Owolade is a journalist and author, focusing on identity, religion, culture and current affairs for a wide variety of publications. Tomiwa has written for The Times, the New Statesman and The Observer and his first book This is Not America, was published in June 2023.

Tomiwa discussed with us ideas of exploring race in the UK through a British perspective.

Hannah Barnes

Hannah is an award-winning journalist and author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Hannah is Associate Editor at the New Statesman and worked as Senior Journalist and Investigations Producer on BBC’s Newsnight.

Hannah’s talk explored the intricacies of gender identity.

Tim Leunig

Tim is a prize-winning economist. He has taught at various UK universities, was a senior civil servant and worked on the National Funding Formula for schools, the furlough scheme, and the creation of the Longitudinal Education Outcomes dataset.

Tim discussed the economic challenges facing tomorrow’s graduates.

Jonathan Simons

Jonathan Simons is one of the UK’s leading political commentators and works as a partner and Director of Education at Public First, which helps organisations navigate and understand government policy.

Jonathan discussed: Is democracy dead in the UK (and the US) and does anyone care?

Chloe Combi

Chloe is a bestselling author, global speaker, futurist, researcher, and consultant. her primary area of expertise is young people – Generation Z and Generation Alpha. She has interviewed over 20,000 young people globally and utilises that expertise into helping schools, brands, companies, governments, and institutions understand and prepare for the present and future. All Chloe’s work is underwritten by serious quantitative and qualitative research and data and unparalleled knowledge, using a coveted and highly successful approach and methodology – one that has won her rave reviews.

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