Barbara Burman is a writer and former academic at the University of Southampton and University of the Arts, London. She is co-author with Ariane Fennetaux of The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900 (2019) and editor of The Culture of Sewing (1999). She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives near Cambridge.
François Brunet is Professor of American Art and Literature at the University Paris Diderot – Paris 7, and is author of La Naissance de l’idée de photographie (2000), co-editor of Images in the West: Survey Photographs in French Collections, 1860-1880 (2007), and a regular contributor to journals, including Transatlantica, Etudes Photographiques and Aperture.
Jérôme Brillaud is Senior Lecturer of French at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Sombres Lumières (2011) and essays on early modern philosophy, literature and garden history.
Elisa Brilli is Professor in Italian Studies and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Her many books include Firenze e il profeta: Dante fra teologia e politica (2012).
Bruce Bégout is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Picardie, Amiens, France.
Marc Augé is a French anthropologist and was Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. His many books include Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (1995) and The Future (2014). He lives in Paris.
Nicholas Attfield is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham. His books include an account of Dinosaur Jr’s 1987 album You’re Living All Over Me in the 33 1/3 series (2011).
Peter Ackroyd is one of Britain’s most respected historians and novelists. His many books include London: The Biography, Hawksmoor and the bestselling History of England series. He is also the author of The English Actor and The English Soul, both published by Reaktion Books.