Kate Spicer is a lifestyle journalist who has written for the Sunday Times, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Vogue, Elle, Red and Noble Rot magazines. She has appeared on television in everything from Master Chef to Newsnight. She has made three acclaimed documentaries in the last ten years all of which still air internationally, including most recently Mission to Lars, described as ‘beautiful’ by the New York Times. Lost Dog: A Love Story was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2019.

Julia Wheeler is an experienced journalist and interviewer who has worked for the BBC for more than 15 years, including as the BBC’s Gulf correspondent based in the Middle East between 2000 and 2010. From Dubai, she covered news, business and sports stories for BBC Radio, TV and Online, both for newsgathering and more in-depth programmes across the networks. Julia wrote the award-winning book Telling Tales, An Oral History of Dubai, for which she interviewed senior members of the Emirati community.