Paul Cartledge is A. G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of Cambridge. His many books include Democracy: A Life (2018) and Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece (2020).
Peter R. Bond is a lifelong space and astronomy enthusiast. He was previously Space Science Advisor/Press Officer for the Royal Astronomical Society, and a consultant and writer for the European Space Agency for many years. He is the author of 14 books, including Solar Surveyors (2022) and Rosetta: The Incredible Story of Europe’s Comet Explorer (2020).
Susannah B. Mintz is Professor of English at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Her books include Hurt and Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body (2013), The Disabled Detective (2019) and the memoir Love Affair in the Garden of Milton (2021).
Heta Pyrhönen is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Helsinki. She is the author or editor of many books including Reading Today (2018).
Isaac Yuen is a Hong Kong-Canadian writer. His books include Utter, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-than-Human World (2024).
Laura B. Weiss is a journalist based in New York who specializes in food, travel and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Zagat restaurant guide and the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University.
Michaela Vieser is a writer based in Berlin. Her books include the German bestseller Tee mit Buddha (2009).
Lydia Towns is Assistant Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. She received her PhD in History, with a focus on Transatlantic History, from the University of Texas at Arlington, and currently lives in Nacogdoches, the oldest town in Texas.
Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen is Director of the Undergraduate Media and Communication Studies programme at the University of Iceland. A renowned music journalist, he is the author of three books on Icelandic music.
William O. Stephens is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Creighton University. His books include Epictetus’s ‘Encheiridion’: A New Translation and Guide to Stoic Ethics (with Scott Aikin, 2023) and Marcus Aurelius: A Guide for the Perplexed (2012).