“When you buy one of their tins of fear, or jars of brain jam, you don’t just get a great stocking filler or something to liven up your breakfast table, you know that you’re helping to support the business of the imagination with the next generation.”
Colin Firth, Minister for Fluency
The Ministry honours all those who have served and supported our storytelling mission. We’re grateful to all our advocates, our Ministers in the Literary and Stationery departments and members of the 159 Club.
To obtain your own Ministerial Appointment, and find out how donations help inspire a nation of young storytellers, please read more or email our cash for honours team direct at donate@ministryofstories.org
Minister for Fluency
Colin Firth
Minister for Literary Pleasures and Sorrows
Alain de Botton
Minister of Many Colours
Peter Usborne
Minister for the Upbeat and Feelgood
Kristina Knoll
Minister for the Sinister
Chris Ward
Most Excellent Guardian of the Limerick
Jim Leaviss
Ministers for Edgar Allen Poe and all his books
James and Jane Wilson
“What I’ve found amazing about the Ministry of Stories is how much it has inspired a whole range of people to volunteer. Writers, teachers, people from local creative industries and the community have all stepped forward to help. They have already trained over 500 people to become writing mentors for local children and it’s this one-to-one attention that makes the difference.” Cornelia Parker, artist and Minister for Pencil Sharpenings
Minister for Pencil Sharpenings
Cornelia Parker
Nibmaster General
Mark Stevenson
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Tags
Joe Hallgarten
Master of Monsters’ Staples
Paul Bennun
Minister for Turquoise Pens
Frances Booth
Joint Secretaries of State for Nice New Notebooks
Hannah Pennell and Richard Young
Minister for Expensive Book Binding
Martin Schoernig