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Julia Harrington is headmistress at Queen Anne’s School and founder and chief executive officer of BrainCanDo. She has featured in and been interviewed by publications and media outlets including the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian and the BBC.

Jonathan Beale is researcher-in-residence at Eton College, a research fellow for BrainCanDo and head of public speaking at Queen Anne’s School. He is the co-editor of two books for Routledge: Wittgenstein and Scientism (2017) and Wittgenstein and Contemporary Moral Philosophy (forthcoming - 2022). He has published articles on philosophy and education in journals and media outlets, including theNew York Times.

Amy Fancourt is head of psychology at Queen Anne’s School and director of research for BrainCanDo. She has published articles on psychology and education in journals, including NatureScientific Reports, Frontiers, Psychomusicology, Impact and Mind, Brain and Education, and in media outlets, including the Times.

Catherine Lutz is training and development manager for BrainCanDo and a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Essex, writing a doctoral thesis on the theme of the motivational role of pregame speeches in relation to elite athletic performance.