Richard Owen was The Times Rome correspondent for fifteen years. He was previously the paper's correspondent in Moscow, Brussels, and Jerusalem. Owen has written several works of non-fiction, including Crisis in the Kremlin and, with Haus, DH Lawrence in Italy and Hemingway in Italy.

Kate Simpson grew up on a diet of Little Women, Anne of Green Gables and anything written by Enid Blyton, but it didn't occur to her to try her own hand at writing children's books until she was in her thirties. Now she's hooked, and with two small children of her own, she finds she's never short of inspiration.

As well as being a picture book author and incurable bookworm, Kate is also a co-host of the children's book podcast One More Page, where she happily spends an hour a fortnight interviewing fellow book-folk and talking all things children's books.

Simon Taylor is a British music creator and educator. He has been a member of the music industry for over twenty years and has qualifications in music technology and advanced recording techniques.

Martin Parker is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bristol and lead for the Inclusive Economy Initiative.

His most recent books are 'Shut Down the Business School' (Pluto 2018) and 'Anarchism, Management and Organization' (Routledge 2020).