Pauline Perspectives – Speakers

Philip is Contributing Editor, The New Statesman and Columnist, The Evening Standard. He is a former Chief Speechwriter for the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. He and his wife have two sons who both attend St Paul’s School.

Anthony is a current Upper Eighth pupil at St Paul’s School. He is part of the school’s debating society and is planning to study Psychology or Neuroscience at Duke University in the Autumn.

Freddie (OP 1995-2000) is the Executive Editor of online magazine UnHerd and presenter of hit YouTube channel LockdownTV. Before joining UnHerd, Freddie was the Editor-in-Chief of YouGov. He is the founder of PoliticsHome and has written for The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times, Evening Standard and The Spectator.

Jeff is the managing director for Whistle Entertainment & Sports’ international division. Whistle provides strategic, creative and production solutions for organisations looking to reach young audiences on social platforms. Its clients include the Premier League, World Rugby, and the Olympics. Prior to that, Jeff spent 8 years at YouTube working on the organization’s international roll out, bringing onto the platform institutions like the BBC, Euronews, FIFA, Al Jazeera and Susan Boyle. Jeff started out his career as a television journalist, working at CNN for more than a decade.

He is the father of Lydia Nathenson, who is a Year 10 student at St Paul’s Girls’ School. Lydia has reserved the right to redact the previous sentence depending on how Jeff does during this debate.

Hassan is a current Upper Eighth pupil at St Paul’s School. He has debated for seven years and is part of the school’s debating society. Hassan is going to the University of Chicago in the autumn and plans to study economics or philosophy.

Educated at the local state grammar school in Hackney and then LSE (LL.B and LLM); QC in practice as a commercial lawyer; Head of Chambers at One Essex Court in The Temple; Chairman of LSE Governors (1996-2004); Life Peer (1999); Master of Clare College Cambridge (2014-); a Governor of SPS where his 3 sons were educated since 2014.