Dr Jonathan Holmes is a writer, director and founder of arts organisation The Jericho House. For six years he lectured in Drama and English at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he designed and ran a joint honours degree programme in those subjects. He has written articles and essays for a variety of periodicals and newspapers, including Modern Poetry in Translation, Shakespeare Survey,The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and The London Evening Standard, and is a guest speaker at many arts events and conferences around the world.