David Trigg is a Bristol-based writer, critic and art historian. He has written widely on contemporary art for books and major art journals, including Studio International, The Art Newspaper, Art Monthly, ArtReview, Frieze and The Burlington Magazine. He is the author of Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers (Phaidon Press, 2018), named one of the 'art books of the year' by The Times, which examines how artists have depicted books as symbols, subjects and objects. His book Spring (Tate Publishing, 2020) explores the season of spring through artworks from Tate's collection. A selection of his interviews with artists is included in Talking Art 2 (Ridinghouse, 2018). 

Mark Carney is a Canadian economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Canada (2008-2013) and the Bank of England (2013-2020). In 2025, he became Canada's 24th Prime Minister.