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Award-winning stand-up comedian Aisling Bea and historian and national treasure Mary Beard have are the latest big names to be added to the line up for the Leeds International Festival of Ideas.

The duo will join chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi and British-Nigerian historian and broadcaster David Olusoga OBE among those delivering the festival’s keynote addresses for the festival, which has become media partners with the YEP.

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Organisers of LIFI say they want the event to focus on tackling "some of the most crucial questions of our time", as the festival will also play host to six panels that aim to delve deep into some of the world’s most relevant and important topics.

David Olusoga is one of the keynote speakers at the event.

From the future of technology, to climate justice and the social duty of sportsmen, a host of household names and industry experts will debate and discuss these fascinating, thought-provoking subjects, and more, at length in these expertly-chaired panels.

Other names joining the panels include Christopher Wylie, known for his role in setting up - and taking down - the cyberwarfare firm Cambridge Analytica; while up-and-coming comic Jamali Maddix will chair the controversial panel ‘What can you laugh about?’.

Among others speaking at the festival are actor David Harewood, TV presenter Gail Porter and former Crystal Palace FC chairman Simon Jordan.

David Olusoga, speaking at Leeds International Festival of Ideas says: "The world is in a strange place right now and having festivals like this, bringing people together to discuss topics is exactly what is needed. I will be talking about the history of great inventions and the inventors and can they ever be separated."

Star names added to Leeds International Festival of Ideas line-up