Ritula Shah

Ritula Shah is an award winning broadcaster, speaker and moderator.

She is the presenter of ‘Calm Classics’ every weekday evening on ClassicFM.

In her 35 years at the BBC she interviewed world leaders, thinkers, writers and activists while covering global affairs and politics.

As a Public Humanities Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, Ritula is a passionate advocate for the academic disciplines which make sense of the human experience.

Ritula is a judge for the British Academy Book Prize 2026 and an ambassador for the British Asian Trust.