Author type: Non-fiction

Antony Easton worked as a graphic designer in both publishing and in the burgeoning independent video and television business in the 1980s, before joining the creative department at Saatchi & Saatchi, where he won several major international advertising awards on his way to becoming a Creative Director. In 1994 he turned to directing commercials for… Read more »

Ariel Saramandi is a Mauritian writer. She is a recipient of a grant from the Society of Authors Foundation for her essay collection, Portrait of an Island on Fire, which was published in 2025 by Fitzcarraldo Editions. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The Stinging Fly, Granta, The Dial and The White Review among many other… Read more »

Dr Allan Kennedy is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. He is a historian of early modern Scotland, with a particular interest in the seventeenth century. His work explores the nature of social and political power, and he is especially interested in understanding how pre-modern societies established and maintained order. His books… Read more »

Seb Emina began his career as a writer and editor in 2005 when he founded a website called The London Review of Breakfasts. It became something of a cult success, and was followed by a book entitled The Breakfast Bible (Bloomsbury, 2013), but, not wanting to be typecast, he left it behind and began writing on other subjects…. Read more »

Ruby Gray is a historian and presenter specialising in classic literature and social history. After completing her History of Science Masters at the University of Cambridge, she began a career in factual entertainment television. She worked on a range of productions, spanning history, health, travel and BBC Glastonbury coverage.   In May 2025 Ruby launched Too… Read more »

Matt Oliver is Industry Editor at The Telegraph, where he covers manufacturing, energy policy, the automotive sector and the defence industry. He was previously a special correspondent at the paper and has reported on business for the Daily Mail and on politics and local government for the Oxford Mail. His journalism focuses on the industries… Read more »

Ricky Nathvani is an environmental data scientist and writer. He is currently Senior Geospatial Data Scientist at BirdsEyeView, where he forecasts the impacts of natural hazards and climate change around the world. Before getting swept up in the unstoppable tide of data, he started as a physicist with a Master’s from Oxford and a PhD… Read more »

Dr. Meredith Elkins is a clinical psychologist specializing in the research and treatment of anxiety and related disorders in children and families. She is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and the co-program director at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP) at McLean Hospital, an intensive outpatient program for youth with anxiety disorders. She… Read more »

Hermione Taylor is an economics writer for the Investors’ Chronicle at the Financial Times. She specialises in breaking down complex ideas for readers and has won awards for her features on topics such as quantitative tightening and the natural rate of interest. Before journalism, Hermione taught economics at the London School of Economics and spent… Read more »

Dr Rebecca Marks has a PhD in English Romantic literature (University of Cambridge), a Masters in Art History (The Courtauld Institute) and a first-class undergraduate degree in English (University of Oxford). She specialises in the visual work of William Blake and his circle, and has been teaching Romantic English Literature at the University of Cambridge… Read more »