Ajamu X (HONS FRPS) is a darkroom / fine art photographic artist and archivist whose work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and alternative spaces worldwide. His work is held in collections including Tate Britain, Arts Council of England, V&A, Martin Parr Foundation, and The Walker Gallery. In 2025, Tate published a monograph of his work as part of its Tate Photographic Series.
Kai Bossom is a Hastings-based queer historian and member of the Hastings Queer History Collective (since 2022). Kai is passionate about recovering queer stories hidden within local Hastings history. Their essay ‘Gay Bogies’ features in A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland since 1945 (2026).
Sophie Fuller is a writer and scholar who plays with words to create worlds, ask questions and provoke thought. As a musicologist, she explores the ways people have used music to make sense of their worlds, remembering the lives, careers and music-making of those we are in danger of forgetting.
Syeda Ali has taught history in London and Beijing, promoting diversity within the history curriculum, and championing equality and diversity more broadly in schools. Following an MA in Queer History at Goldsmiths, she completed a PhD at Cambridge University using oral history to research the impact of Section 28 on schools in different areas of the UK.