Leonardo St Paul's, London
LONDON STAGE
Friday 13 June 2025
10:35 - 11:25
Belinda Bauer, Charlotte Philby, Charlotte Vassell,
and the participating moderator Holly Watt.
discuss our fascination with bad people doing
horrible things:
Belinda
Bauer grew up in England and South
Africa. She has worked as a journalist and screenwriter, and her script The
Locker Room earned her the Carl Foreman/Bafta Award for Young British
Screenwriters, an award that was presented to her by Sidney Poitier. She was a
runner-up in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for "Mysterious
Ways," about a girl stranded on a desert island with 30,000 Bibles.
Charlotte Philby worked for the Independent for eight years, as a columnist, editor
and reporter, and was shortlisted for the Cudlipp Prize at the 2013 Press
Awards for her investigative journalism. Founder of the online platform
Motherland.net, she regularly contributes to the Guardian and iNews, as well as
the BBC World Service, Channel 4 and Woman's Hour. She has three children and
lives in London. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Kim Philby, Britain’s most
famous communist double-agent.
Charlotte Vassell studied History at the University of Liverpool and completed a
Master’s in Art History at the School of Oriental & African Studies before
training as an actor at Drama Studio London. Other than treading the boards
Charlotte has also worked in advertising, executive search and as a purveyor of
silk top hats.
Holly Watt started
her career at the Sunday Times, before working on the investigation teams at the
Telegraph, where she played a key role in exposing the MPs’ expenses scandal,
and the Guardian. She is currently a senior reporter at the Guardian before
working on the investigation teams at the Telegraph, where she played a key
role in exposing the MPs’ expenses scandal, and the Guardian. She is currently
a senior reporter at the Guardian.
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