Astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek is a researcher in comets and planet formation at the University of Amsterdam. He has written a number of popular articles on space exploration and is well known for his television appearances and TedX talks.
Helen Cowie is Lecturer in History at the University of York. She is the author of Conquering Nature in Spain and its Empire, 1750–1850 (2011) and Exhibiting Animals in Nineteenth-century Britain: Empathy, Education, Entertainment (2014).
Ted Honderich is Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London. He is the author of many books, including Philosopher: A Kind of Life (2000), and editor of the bestselling The Oxford Companion to Philosophy.
Alan Ashton-Smith is a writer and critic with interests in music and immigrant cultures. He has previously published on Romani Studies, contemporary East European and English literature and popular music. He is currently Research Development Manager for Arts and Humanities at King’s College London.
P. Andrew Karam is a scientist, consultant and writer living in New York City. He specializes in topics related to radiation protection and cosmic radiation.
Kathy Hunt is a journalist, food writer and cooking instructor based in New York.
Stephen Fineman is Professor Emeritus in the School of Management, University of Bath. His previous books include The Blame Business (Reaktion Books, 2015), Work: A Very Short Introduction (2012), Organizing Age (2011) and Understanding Emotion at Work (2003).
Lucy Shipley is the author of Experiencing Etruscan Pots: Ceramics, Bodies and Images in Etruria (2015). She lives in Devon, UK.
Gerard Gorman is the author of Woodpeckers of the World (2014), Woodpeckers of Europe (2004) and The Black Woodpecker (2011). When not travelling the world in search of woodpeckers, he divides his time between Liverpool and Budapest.
Paul Carr is Reader in Popular Music Analysis at the University of South Wales. He has worked as a professional musician with The James Taylor Quartet and former Miles Davis sideman Bob Berg.