Tom Mustill: How to Speak Whale

Tom Mustill is a biologist turned filmmaker and writer, specialising in stories where people and nature meet. His work with David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Stephen Fry and conservation and science heroes across the globe have won over 30 international awards, including two Webbys, a Wildscreen Panda, two Jackson Wild Awards and been nominated for a Primetime Emmy. His book How to Speak Whale is a thrilling investigation of animal communication, inspired by a moment when a humpback whale breached onto Tom's kayak and nearly killed him.

Lucy Jones is a writer and journalist based in Hampshire, England. She previously worked at NME and the Daily Telegraph, and her writing on culture, science and nature has been published in GQ, BBC Wildlife, The Sunday Times, the Guardian and the New Statesman. Her bestselling book Losing Eden was a Times and Telegraph book of the year in 2020. Her new book Matrescence, published in June 2023, is a groundbreaking, deeply personal investigation into the emerging concept of 'matrescence', and an urgent examination of the modern institution of motherhood.