James Wallman was formerly senior trends analyst for The Future Laboratory, consulting and running trend safaris for brands such as Absolut, BMW and Coors.
With an MA in classics from Oxford University and an MA in journalism from the London College of Communication (LCC) - where he was awarded the Charles Oldham Scholarship (Oxford) and the Evening Standard Prize (LCC) - he also writes the futurology column for tech magazine T3.
James has appeared alongside Dylan Jones on radio discussing the future of men and presented a video series about the future of technology. Also in the line of duty, he has interviewed a woman who wanted to marry her alarm clock for GQ, met terrorists in Uganda for CNN Traveller, worn 'man-scara' for the Guardian, and been frozen to -120° dressed only in his underpants for The Telegraph.