Your ideal gathering/dinner party...who would you invite, family excepted?

A dermatologist
A Nutritionist - note to self, only healthy food.
A financial advisor
An IT nerd who specialises in I pads.

Boring for them but so educational for me.
I’m writing down my questions already!
? sure I’ve forgotten something I need advice on.

You can only get 4 people round my little dining table.

My younger son would be first. He's not only a great conversationalist, gets on with absolutely everyone whatever their status but is also a fantastic cook, so I could leave the catering and discussions to him and just sit back to listen joyfully.

1st party:
Jacinda Ardern
Lucy Kellaway

Others I might include at different parties:
Geoffrey E Hinton: I'd invite him by himself as I wouldn't want any distracting small talk whilst he was here)

David Attenborough
Dr Sir Pita Sharples
Peter Kay
Michael Parkinson
Willie Apiata VC
Michael Palin
Kate Adie

And if we were to speculate on the dinner party shared with 'those who have gone before', Alan Turing would top my list.

That could be a riot of an evening Rowantree, not sure I could stand an evening with Chris Packham though! We had this conversation once around the huge dinner table at a friend's birthday, it was very interesting who people invited. We all had to choose one person alive or dead. I would invited Nigel Farage and then poison him.
Seriously though,my guests would be Billy Connolly, Monty Don, John Boyne ( assuming he is as fantastic as his books), David Niven, Alan Rickman .......

Just me, Jason Momoa and George Clooney

Just Rufus Sewell!