Who Gets a Free Pass?

Subhadra Das is a writer and historian who looks at the relationship between science and society, and what those histories mean for our lives today. For nine years, she was Curator of the Science Collections at University College London, where she was also Researcher in Critical Eugenics at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. Her research centres around critical approaches to the history of science, particularly race science and eugenics, along with the history of museums, particularly the colonial history of natural history museums. She has written and presented podcasts, curated museum exhibitions, done stand-up comedy and regularly appears on radio and television.

Hana Ayoob is a comedian, illustrator and science communicator who has spoken at Cheltenham Science Festival, the Crick Institute, the Natural History Museum and more. In her continuing quest to understand the world around and within us, Hana has co-hosted the science and tech podcast ‘Why Aren’t You a Doctor Yet?’, illustrated a range of science and maths books, and taken to the stage to discuss everything from invasive species and overlooked fungi to air pollution and theoretical physics.

Cerys Bradley is an award winning comedian, writer and podcaster. Their debut Edinburgh Fringe show, Sportsperson won the first ever Neurodiverse Review Award for Actually Autistic Excellence and received a 5 star review. They have featured in the Guardian, the Metro and the National Wales. They make alternative comedy (involving puppets and games and props and costumes) about their experience of being non-binary and autistic.

Artist, activist and part-time superhero, Jess Thom co-founded Touretteshero in 2010 as a creative response to her experience of living with Tourette’s syndrome. She has written in the mainstream and disability press, including the Guardian, the Observer and Disability Now, and has been a Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow.