Queen Mary 2 'Insights' Guest Lecturers
Voyage Speaker Expertise Dates Number Bryan Batt Actor: Mad Men, 12 Years A Slave M724 1st - 6th July 2017 Robert Neal Marshall Theatre Expert James Graham World Affairs
Colonel Tim Collins Inspirational British Army Officer 6th - 13th July RobertThirsk Former Astronaut M725 2017 Elisabeth Rosenthal New York Times Speaker Steven Rivellino Theatre Expert
David Morgan-Hewitt General Manager The Goring Hotel 13th - 21st July M726 John Laverick MBE Engineering 2017 Allen Morrison Jazz
Ken Walsh US Politics and White House Charles Barclay Royal Astronomical Society 21st - 28th July M727 Dr Peter Dean Medical Examiner 2017 Dr Robert Freedman World Affairs Jon Bailey Theatre
Emma Samms Actress and Philanthropist John Renninger Global Affairs 28th July - 4th Julian Woolford Theatre M728 August 207 Scott Bornstein Memory Performance Expert Jeff Tall maritime / aviation New York Times Speaker
Lord Paddick Retired British Police Commander Steven Rivellino Theatre 4th - 12th August Chase Untermeyer White House M729 2017 Captain Bob Hone Navigation & Maritime Science Malcolm Nelson Customs AFTER YOU Brand New Musical
Tina Brown Former Vanity Fair and New Yorker Editor, 12th-21st August Sir Harold Evans Newspaper Editor M730 2017 Bob Smolik World Affairs Chris Crowe Royal Astronomical Society Jim Jimirro Music Adrian Hayes Explorer 21st - 29th August M731 Harry Strong Ocean Science 2017 Johhn Lucas Geographer
Lord Mervyn King Former Governor Bank of England Julien MacDonald Fashion Designer 29th August - 7th Karl Dunkley Royal Shirt Maker M732 September 2017 Gail Sackloff Fashion buyer and Influencer FASHION CRUISE Colin McDowell Fashion historian and illustrator Iris Apfel Style Icon
Bryan Batt Actor: Mad Men, 12 Years A Slave Colin Hobbs Aviation 7th-14th M733 Brian Hawley Ocean Liner Historian September New York Times Speaker Derek Tedder News Reporter
Caroline Aston Royal Expert Chris Butler Royal Astronomical Society 14th - 22nd M734 Seth Gopin Art Historian September 2017 Roy Hunt Music Dr John McMichan Medical Expert
Maria Friedman Award Winning Theatre Actor and Director 22nd - 29th Eric Flounders Cunard historian M735 September 2017 Gary McKechnie American Heritage M736 29th September - Dr William Fowler Maritime Historian 6th October Joe Golden Meteorologist Stephen Bauer White House Social Aide Roy Hunt Musical Theatre
Dr Jeffrey Hoffman Astronaut 6th -13th October Stephen Attenborough Director Virgin Galactic M737 2017 Ken MacTaggart NASA Historian SPACE WEEK Charles Barclay Royal Astronomical Society
Sally Gunnell OBE Olympic Champion Andy Wyatt Aviation 13th - 20th Ray Bilham Trumpet Around The World M738 October 2017 Christine Roussel Art Historian Ken Vard Maritime Willemijn Verkaik Broadway and West End Star Captain Chris Rigby Aviation John Burton Historian 20th - 27th M739 October 2017 New York Times Speaker Maureen Ryan Former Cunard Social Hostess Giles Ramsay Theatre
Sir Richard Dearlove Former Head of MI6 Ted Scull Maritime Historian 3rd - 12th M741 Allen Morrison Jazz November 2017 Tristan Elmhurst Forensics Elizabeth Cunnigham RAS
Ruthie Henshall West End and Broadway Star Jonathan Crass RAS 12th - 19th Aldon Ferguson Military Historian M742 November 2017 George McGhee Film History Christine Roussel Art Historian Ken Lennox Celebrity Photographer
Major General"Buster" Commandant General Royal Marines Howes CB, OBE 19th - 26th Josh Levine Historian M743 November 2017 Susan Humphries Military Historian Robert Thirsk Astronaut James Fraser Photojournalist
Mark Rosenker USAF General (retd), Director of White House Military Office, 26th November - Chairman of NTSB M744 8th December Markus Steblei RAS 2017 Roy Hunt Music Park Sims Science Les Paldy International Espionage
Derek Tedder News Reporter 8th - 15th M745 December 2017 John Bridcut BBC Film Producer Simon Newman Maritime and US History
Sir Ranulph Fiennes Explorer and Writer 15th - 22nd Dan Wilkins RAS M746 December 2017 Harry Strong Ocean Science Captain David Henderson Aviation
Dr Hal Tinberg Biomedicine 22nd December Gary McKechnie Geographer M801 2017 - 3rd January Professor Derek Fraser Historian 2018 Robert Neal Marshall Theatre Maria Friedman Award Winning Theatre Actor and 3rd - 10th January M802 Director 2018 Prof. Derek Fraser Historian
Mary Robinson Former President of Ireland 10th - 27th Lord Dannatt Former Head of British Army M803 January 2018 Andy Wyatt Aviation John Sherlock Classical Architecture
Martin Bell Journalist, Politician, Author and 27th January - Poet M804 12th February Celeb' Sir Michael Howard Politician 2018
12th - 24th Chris Frame Cunard Historian M805 - M808 February 2018 Park Sims Scientist / Tides in Australia
Jonathan Haslam Former Downing Street Communications Director 24th February - M809 / M810 Judy Hinchcliffe Forensic Dentistry 9th March 2018 Rick Reynolds Aviation Geoff Hughes Prison Governoe
Jonathan Crass Stargazing 9th - 23rd March M811 2018 Roy Hunt Music Historian Denny Whitford Oceanographer
31st March - 18th Margaret Gilmore Journalist and Terrorism Expert M814 / M815 April 2018
Anthony Horowitz OBE Writer Foyles War, Poirot, James 19th April - 10th Bond M816 May 2018 Derek Taylor History Paul Fellows RAS
12th - 17th March Sir Michael Parkinson Legendary TV Interviewer M819 2018