Article: Raisa Kassam (Yr 12)
Old North Londoner and clinical psychologist Professor Tanya Byron, was one of the chosen few at a Downing Street dinner for the Top Ten Most Influential Women in Britain, during the G2O Summit in April.
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Hosted by Sarah Brown, the Prime Minister's wife, Tanya was joined at dinner by the spouses of the summit leaders, enjoying a feast prepared by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
The guest list included the First Lady Michelle Obama, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, supermodel Naomi Campbell and Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, Martha Lane Fox, founder of the website Lastminute.com and a trustee of legal action charity Reprieve, and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, the Paralympian.
Other guests included film director Gurinder Chadha, whose hits include Bend It Like Beckham, Jasvinder Sanghera, who runs the anti-forced marriage charity Karma Nirvana, Welsh actress Ruth Jones, who appears in TV show Gavin And Stacey and broadcaster Emma Freud.