Author type: Non-fiction

Alex Kaiserman

Alex Kaiserman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He works on questions at the intersection of metaphysics and ethics; for example, questions which explore the connections between causation and responsibility, possibility and free will, or time and punishment. Alex’s first book, How to Get Back to the Future, will be published… Read more »

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

Caroline is a historian, curator and broadcaster specialising in the arts of early modern Europe with a particular focus on decorative arts, women’s lives and the history of collecting. She holds a PhD from the University of Leeds and is currently Lecturer in French and British History of Art, c.1650-1900 at the University of Edinburgh…. Read more »

Serena Dyer

Serena is a historian, writer, and broadcaster specialising in histories of fashion, shopping, and women’s lives from the sixteenth century to the present day. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Warwick, and she is Associate Professor of Fashion History at De Montfort University, Leicester. Her words have appeared in The Independent,… Read more »

Priya Khanchandani

Priya Khanchandani is a writer, curator and broadcaster who grew up in Luton and lives in London. She studied modern languages at Cambridge University and design history at the Royal College of Art. She was a lawyer before becoming a critic and curator, most recently working as head of curatorial of the Design Museum. She… Read more »

Yasmin Khan

Yasmin Khan is Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford where she teaches Global and Imperial history. She was born in London, educated at Oxford, and has taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and London. She is the author of The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan (Yale, 2007), The Raj… Read more »

Marc Zao-Sanders

Marc Zao-Sanders is the CEO and co-founder of filtered.com, a learning tech company. He regularly writes about algorithms, learning and productivity in Scientific American, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, as well as Filtered’s blog. Marc’s article about Timeboxing in Harvard Business Review became popular immediately and has remained so ever since. Five… Read more »

Dominic Gregory

He is currently working on his first book, Lifeboat At The End Of The World (William Collins, 2025).

Tim Kendall

Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall are a married couple who live in the wilds of East Devon. They share their house with two teenage daughters, two rabbits, a Labrador, and a rehabilitating common pipistrelle bat. They have also written a book together, Black Ops and Beaver Bombing: Adventures With Britain’s Wild Mammals (Oneworld, 2023). Tim is Professor… Read more »

Fiona Mathews

Fiona Mathews and Tim Kendall are a married couple who live in the wilds of East Devon. They share their house with two teenage daughters, two rabbits, a Labrador, and a rehabilitating common pipistrelle bat. They have also written a book together, Black Ops and Beaver Bombing: Adventures With Britain’s Wild Mammals (Oneworld, 2023). Fiona is Professor… Read more »

Joanna Trollope

Joanna Trollope CBE has been writing for nearly fifty years and is one of our most acclaimed and beloved novelists – her work has attracted considerable critical acclaim as well as huge commercial success. Her novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages and several have been adapted for television. Joanna is the author of… Read more »