Our Onboard Experts

Alan Mason NDT. F.Inst.G. Dip.Hort. M.CI. Hort. is one of Europe’s most experienced and best qualified ga...

Alexandra is a Chilean researcher in Cultural Anthropology, documentarian, and ethnoastronomer. For over 2...

Andrew traces his interest in geology and love of nature to summers spent in New England, where he hiked in the...

Andrés Hernández-Salazar began his musical studies in his native Venezuela and was awarded a Brit...

Andy Bunten has been an obsessive enthusiast about wildlife ever since he can remember.  Educated at ...

Anna Warrilow studied History of Art and Italian at the University of Sussex before completing an MA in Renaiss...

Anne Sebba is the author of eleven books including the best-selling biography That Woman, a life of Wa...

Anne-Marie Harrison was born and brought up in Paris but has subsequently lived in many different countries. Or...

Brian has enjoyed a lifetime of artistic exploration and learning, pursuing parallel careers as a modern lingui...

Caroline Holmes is a garden historian of places, people and plants, a speaker, author of 12 books, TV and radio...

Chris Bradley is a graduate of the University of Liverpool specialising in the Middle East and North Africa hav...

Keith enjoyed a 33-year career in the Royal Navy, serving ashore in the Ministry of Defence, in the Fleet HQ, a...

Joined the Royal Navy in 1966 and retired in 2000 as a Commodore after a 34 year career.  During his caree...

Rupert Wallace retired from the Royal Navy in 2014 as a Commodore, after a career which included seeing action ...

Presenter, writer and live host, Dallas Campbell is on a mission to take science and technology out of the lab ...

Daniel Austin is a naturalist, travel writer and tour leader, who has written several guidebooks over the past ...

After graduating from Exeter University in 1986, David started working in television the traditional way as a r...

David went to Germany in 1968 for three months’ work experience in the wine cellars of H Sichel Söhn...

A filmmaker by trade, David has spent the last 25 years crisscrossing the globe to chase the eclipse experience...

David Mitchell was previously a Curator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; he is currently Deputy Chai...

David Pickard is one of the UK’s foremost and most respected arts practitioners. His 40-year career inclu...

With a degree in Classics from St Andrews University followed by three years of postgraduate research, David ta...

Diarmuid Gavin is an award-winning garden designer and broadcaster known for his distinctive and contempor...

Dr Angie Smith has a BA in Art History and a PhD in Combined Historical Studies from the Warburg Institute (Lon...

Dr. Anna Garnett FSA has been the Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology, University...

Dr Bill Manley is a best-selling author and expert on the Ancient Egyptian language, currently working with a m...

Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, one of the UK&rsqu...

Dr Chris Naunton is an Egyptologist currently working on a freelance basis as a writer, broadcaster and public ...

Christopher Whitton is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge. Originally from Lanca...

David Price-Williams has a first degree from the University of Wales in Ancient Near Eastern languages with a s...

  Judith has lived and worked twice in Japan and spends considerable time annually in the Far East on rese...

Dr Kevin Fewster is a leading international figure in the fields of maritime museums and maritime heritage. He ...

Archaeologist and Research Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, ...

Dr Ross King is the author of numerous books on French and Italian art, history and architecture, including

Sandy Primrose is a biologist who has a very varied career. This includes being an academic undertaking researc...

Dr Shirley Campbell is an anthropologist with considerable understanding of Pacific and Indian Ocean cultures w...

Sophie was born in Gouda (Netherlands) and studied English at Leiden and Medieval Studies at York; she has two ...

Dr Steve Kershaw is a tutor in Classics for Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, an accredite...

Elizabeth Gowing was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, before training as a teacher and completing an MA at...

Elizabeth Pierce grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota in the US. De-spite her landlocked origins, she first travel...

Ernest Rea is a celebrated British broadcaster who specialises in the history of religions and the way that fai...

Gareth is a passionate plantsman and lecturer based in Donegal. He is a graduate of the SRUC and the University...

Professor Gary Sheffield is one of the UK’s leading historians. He is Professor of War Studies at the Uni...

Helen Poole studied English, History and Archaeology at Bristol University before going on to postgraduate stud...

We are delighted that Hilary Bradt will be joining us on board the MS Hebridean Sky for our November 2024 depar...

Iain MacGregor has been an editor and publisher of nonfiction for thirty years working with esteemed historians...

Ian Ridpath is an award-winning astronomy author and populariser with over 40 books to his name. He is the edit...

Imogen served for nearly twenty years in the British army, retiring in the rank of Major at the end of 1994. Sh...

James Naughtie is one of Britain’s best-known journalists and broadcasters. A special correspondent for B...

With a degree in Classics from Oxford University, James has taught classical subjects at school level since 199...

Jamie has directed many new opera productions, both at home and abroad. After training at RADA, he worked for K...

Jeremy Paterson studied Classics and Ancient History at Oxford, where he was also President of the University A...

John Davie is a classicist, translator and author, now living in South Devon. After graduating with First Class...

Joshua Levine is a Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling writer, social historian and broadcaster. He was the histo...

Kate is a naval and maritime historian, with a particular focus on the long eighteenth century and maritime exp...

Dr Katie Campbell received an honours English degree from McGill University in Montreal.  After a career i...

Keith Kirsten is one of South Africa’s best known gardeners and  a world-acclaimed horticulturalist....

Lesley has lived and gardened abroad in such diverse countries as Malaysia, Holland as well as North Carolina a...

Lloyd Esler is a teacher, historian and natural history enthusiast from Invercargill, the southernmost city in ...

Louise Schofield, recently appointed Visiting Professor of Archaeology at the American University of Rome, is a...

Lucia Gahlin is an Egyptologist based in the UK. She is an Honorary Research Associate at University College Lo...

Lydia Bauman is a Polish born artist and art historian. Educated at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (BA i...

Chip Chapman was sponsored through University by the British Army and fought in the 1982 Falklands war as a pla...

Patrick commanded the Desert Rats during the 1991 Gulf War.  His huge tank formation led the British and A...

Major General Peter Williams served for over 30 years in the Coldstream Guards, specialising in intelligence an...

Major General Stephen Carr-Smith served throughout much of the Cold War in Europe and then with NATO. On leavin...

Martin Sixsmith is a writer, presenter and former television correspondent. He was the BBC’s Central and ...

An accomplished horticulturist, author, inspirational speaker and educator, Maureen’s roots were firmly p...

Melanie King is a social historian and the author of eight books, exploring subjects ranging from 18th-century ...

Michael Buerk is one of Britain’s leading broadcast journalists and has won many – if not most - of...

Michael was educated at London and  Lancaster Universities and the Free University of West Berlin. He...

Mike Nelhams first went to Tresco on a Studley Trust Scholarship as a student in 1976. He trained for three yea...

After a period spent composing music for films and theatre, Misha Donat worked for more than 25 years as a seni...

Nigel Cox is a former British diplomat. He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. In 1976, just after the dea...

Nigel McGilchrist has lived and worked in the Mediterranean – Italy, Turkey and Greece – for nearly...

Nirvana left her native Croatia during the turbulent 1990s, with a degree in History of Western and Yugoslav ar...

Olga Verstage is a versatile presenter, combining her skills as concert pianist, historian, art historian and c...

Paul Green has always been keen on all aspects of natural history, especially plants. He worked part-time as a ...

Peter is an Australian with a passion for terrestrial wildlife and also for the marine world; he is also a keen...

Philip studied singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music.  As a professional opera singer he made hi...

Prof. Clare Jackson is Honorary Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge and Walter Gra...

Professor Aidan Dodson has taught Egyptology at the University of Bristol since 1996, and has been honorary Pro...

Professor Carole Hillenbrand is Professor Emerita of Islamic History at Edinburgh University and is now Profess...

Professor Johnson is the author and co-author of several books and a number of articles on US foreign policy, i...

James Higham is a professor with 25 years of research and teaching experience at the University of Otago (New Z...

Malyn Newitt obtained a BA in Modern History at Oxford in 1961 and a PhD London 1967. He taught at the Universi...

Professor Marie Conte-Helm has lectured extensively on the history, arts, and culture of Asia, the Pacific, and...

Martyn Rady is Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East Europe...

Michael Squire is Professor of Classical Art at King’s College London. After receiving a starred first in...

Professor Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski graduated in History from Cambridge, before obtaining his doctorate fr...

Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA has long-standing research interests in the Islamic art of North Africa a...

Professor Rosalie David OBE FRSA is currently Emeritus Professor of Egyptology and Co-Director of the...

Tim Blanning is Professor of Modern European History (Emeritus) at the University of Cambridge and is also a Li...

After teaching the History of Japanese Art at SOAS, University of London, for 30 years, Timon Screech left the ...

Professor William Vaughan studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, and History of Art at the Court...

Ray Hale is a wildlife lecturer, author, photographer and naturalist who is passionate about reconnecting peopl...

David Snelson has a background steeped in the maritime world, serving in the Royal Navy for 37 years and the UK...

John Lippiett had a 36 year career in the Royal Navy, serving in a large number of ships from aircraft carriers...

Drawing on a lifetime at sea and twenty years’ experience heading world-class collections in two leading ...

Richard Coles is a writer, broadcaster and an Anglican priest. He co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and ...

Dick Wilkinson graduated from Cambridge, and after postgraduate study and research at universities in Paris, Lo...

Tim Stevens read Classics and English at Cambridge. In 1968 he joined BOAC as a graduate trainee and entered th...

A former Vice-President of the Irish Georgian Society, Robert O’Byrne is today one of Ireland’s bes...

Rosemary is a former nursery owner and daughter of the late George Hyde, who was a hybridist of azaleas and rho...

The Rt Revd Nick Baines has been the Bishop of Leeds since 2014. He was previously the Bishop of Bradford ...

Graham James became Bishop of Norwich in 1999, serving for almost 20 years in that role before retiring to his ...

Simon Doughty was commissioned into The Life Guards in 1976, retiring from the Army in 2009 in the rank of colo...

Simon Field, a former Chartered Accountant, is a Master of Wine who most recently bought French ...

Simon Marginson has spent the last thirty years looking at, thinking about and discussing the visual arts. ...

Sir Nicholas Kenyon was Managing Director of the Barbican Centre 2007 - 2021. He was Controller, BBC Radio 3 19...

Sir Roderick Beaton has been travelling in and around Italy and the Mediterranean since his teens and has many ...

Sir Tony Brenton is a distinguished British diplomat and commentator on public affairs issues. He served for ov...

Stella Grace Lyons is a freelance Art History lecturer, speaker and writer accredited with The Arts Society. Sh...

Stuart Laing was Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from  2008 to 2018, responsible for the Colle...

Suzanne is an independent researcher and historian specialising in Japanese history, art & culture. She fou...

Toby has a passion for horticulture and garden history. Based in Denmark, Toby is an international authority on...

Tom Hardwick is an Egyptologist and curator who has worked for museums in the United Kingdom, Egypt, and United...

Peter Hudson had a 36-year career in the Royal Navy, serving in a large number of ships deployed across the glo...

Born and raised in Japan, with a year in the US as an exchange student, Yoko has always been interested in peop...