Future guests on Frank and Stan’s chat

10/05/22

General

13 May: Russell Harvey – view Russell’s previous appearance

20 May: Raksha Pattni – view Raksha’s previous appearance

27 May: Prof Colin Diamond

3 June: Neil Jurd

10 June: Sam Strickland

17 June: Catherine McLeod

26 June: Sameena Choudry

1 July: Libby Isaac

8 July: Meena Wood

15 July: Shaheen Myers

22 July: Peter Cox

Summer Break

Starts again on 2 September

Sir David Carter has agreed to join the chat along with Jennifer Webb* (Funky Pedagogy) in the autumn – view Jennifer’s previous appearance.

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