Just some of the key names it has played host to over the years include Tony Benn, Kate Adie, Ruth Rendell, PD James, Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo, Digby Jones, Terry Waite, Jenny Eclair, Val McDermid, Martin
Bell, Julia Neuberger, Barry Cryer, Jacqueline Wilson, Colin Dexter and Jenny Bond.
The 287 members of the class of 2003 include Yusra Adi, Kellen Ague-Kneeland, Carlos Aguirre-Avalos, Melissa Albert, Megan Anderson, Tyler Anderson, Ellie Antico, Timothy Armstrong, Holli Arnold, Darren Arola, Brooke Barker, Brian Barton, Danielle Batson, Anna Beane, Christopher
Bell, Julia Bennett-Stroud, Tyler Bertsch, Ashley Bevens, Kirsten Blume, Carly Bodnar, William Boothe, Katherine Boyd, Zachary Brewer, Miles Briand, Lysandra Briscoe, Jade Brooks, Brian Brown, James Brown, Heather Brule, Sheena Burke, Random Butler, Emily Byers, Courtney Cammarota, Corey Chavez, Yuri Choi,