Svend Brinkmann is Professor of Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the author of many bestselling books on philosophy and psychology including Think: In Defence of a Thoughtful Life (2024).

Heather Blurton is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books include Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200 (2022).

Michael S. Begnal teaches rhetorical and creative writing. His previous books include The Music and Noise of the Stooges, 1967–71: Lost in the Future (2022).

Karl Bell is Associate Professor in Cultural and Social History and Co-Director of the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth. His books include The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack, winner of the 2013 Katharine Briggs Award.

Warwick Ball is an archaeologist and author who spent over twenty years carrying out excavations, architectural studies and monumental restoration throughout the Middle East. He is the author of many books on the history and archaeology of the region including The Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan (revised edn, 2019).

Naomi Baker is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester. She has published widely on early modern women’s writing, as well as early modern literature, drama and culture including Plain Ugly: The Unattractive Body in Early Modern Culture (2010).

Robert C. Austin is a professor at the University of Toronto and the author of many books on the Balkans.

Kathleen Antonioli is Associate Professor of French at Kansas State University. She is the author of several articles on Colette.

Deborah Albon is a former early years professional and lecturer at the University of Roehampton, London, and has published widely about many food topics.

Chris Wigginton is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University. His books include Modernism from the Margins: The 1930s Poetry of Louis MacNeice and Dylan Thomas (2007).