Joe Mangrum is a New York-based contemporary artist whose dazzling sand paintings and large-scale installations have captivated audiences across the globe.

In our interview with Parama Roy Bardhan, Mark created her fantasy cultural year from the answers to some easy questions. Expect surprises, conversational detours, laughs and anecdotes.

Lorentz Gullachsen is a versatile advertising and portrait photographer whose career spans a wide range of genres from travel and automotive to healthcare, telecommunications, and lifestyle.

Rama Kshirsagar is a Bharatanatyam dance trained arts manager and curator from Pune, India, skilled in cultural project planning, artist coordination, and HR.

Asa Leininger is an actor, writer, and educator who blends performance, storytelling, and teaching to explore truth, empathy, and connection across cultures, classrooms, and stages.

Ella Schwarz meets women at the cusp of burnout, confusion or change and as a transformative coach, uses EFT Tapping techniques to help ground women back into themselves.

Fiona Pacquette is the music director at East London School of Music (ELSOM) . She teaches music theory, piano and classical music.

Scott Marshall - founder of BCVR Immersive and Bamsound Creative Group, offering customised AR / XR Solutions, post production technology

Otto Plesner is the creative director and founder of RenaiXance. Crafting immersive shows and experiences that blend technology and art.

Dora Derado Giljanovic: art curator, art manager & consultant. Founder of DLightful, offering product management, design and translation.

Paul Schafer - author, educator and advisor. Founder of Word Culture Project, spreading awareness about the importance of culture in society

Meet Kulvinder Reyatt, pioneering museum artifact digitisation.

Maria Badshamiah, glass and fine art specialist, artist, tutor, designer, illustrator, T-shirt designer for Brass Musician and singer

Samantha Steele - Musician, Producer, Educator, and Consultant

Andreas van Zoelen - a saxophonist, conductor, classical sax teacher and creator of saxophonemusuem.online - an archive of saxophone history

Clint White is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur & founder of Tattoos Not Brands, helping brands stand out with impact & authenticity.

Kadira - Transcendent Artist, making works of Abstract Realism. Creator of Quantum Spiralism - art form combining crystal spirals, physics

Jean Vincent Naurais - founder of Artmonad an Art-Technology start up building 3D VR AR art galleries, digital and immersive exhibitions.

Krista Reynders - wildlife and architecture photographer. Founder of YGQ Solutions a cyber security firm for Cyber Security Defence.

Larissa Hope - Filmmaker, producer, actress, public speaker. Neuroscience graduate and holds masters in Traumatic Stress studies