Keith Cooper is a science journalist who has written for New Scientist, Physics World, Sky and Telescope, Space.com and Supercluster, among others. He has a degree in physics with astrophysics from the University of Manchester and has edited Astronomy Now magazine for nearly twenty years. His books include The Contact Paradox (2019).

Paul Chrystal is a contributor to a number of history and archaeology magazines and TV and radio programmes. His numerous publications include The Romans: A People’s History (Reaktion, 2026).

Simon A. Clarke is Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University. His previous books include Print: Fashion, Interiors, Art. He has undertaken photography fieldwork and research in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Madagascar.

Sara J. Charles works and studies at Senate House, University of London. She has previously published on various aspects of the history of the book.

Mahmut Cengiz is an Associate Professor and Research Faculty at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) at George Mason University. He is co-author (with Mitchel P. Roth) of The Illicit Economy in Turkey: How Criminals, Terrorists, and the Syrian Conflict Fuel Underground Markets (2019).

Bradley J. Borougerdi is Professor of History at Tarrant County College in Arlington, Texas. He is the author of Commodifying Cannabis: A Cultural History of a Complex Plant in the Atlantic World (2018).

Andreas Beyer is Professor of Modern Art History at the University of Basel and was previously Director of the Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art in Paris. He has published widely on the art and architecture of the early modern period.

Sheree Bekker is Associate Professor in the Department for Health at the University of Bath. Her work centres on feminist perspectives in sport and she is co-lead of the Feminist Sport Lab.

Christopher Baker is Editor of the Burlington Magazine and an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh. He was previously a Director at the National Galleries of Scotland and has published and lectured widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and European art.

Vivian Asimos lives in Salisbury, UK, and is the author of Digital Monsters (2020) and Digital Mythology and the Internet’s Monster: The Slender Man (2021). She explores nerd culture and fandom in her podcast I’m A Fan of That!.