Angus Roxburgh is one of Britain’s most distinguished foreign correspondents. An author and renowned journalist, he was the Sunday Times Moscow Correspondent in the 1980s until he was expelled from the Soviet Union in a tit-for-tat espionage row. He returned in the 1990s... more

Christoph Baumer -- a leading explorer of Central Asia, Tibet, and China -- has written several well-received books in the fields of history, religion, archaeology, and travel. These include The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity (2006) and... more

Jules Stewart is an author, historian, and former Reuters journalist. His previous books include On Afghanistan’s Plains: The Story of Britain’s Afghan Wars; Crimson Snow: Britain's First Disaster in Afghanistan; The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier; The... more

Hugh Trevor-Roper was perhaps the most brilliant historian of his generation. An expert in the history of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany, he was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University and latterly Master of Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He received... more

Ian Dejardin has spent 25 years working in museums, spending a year with English Heritage before starting as curatorial assistant at the Royal Academy in 1987. From 1990-98, he was back with English Heritage, as Senior Curator and Head of the Historic Team, London Region,... more

Ghillie Basan is an internationally acclaimed cook and food writer, known for her books on the culinary cultures of Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. She has worked in Europe and the Middle East as a cook, food writer, restaurant critic, English... more

After reading History at Oxford University, Richard Ballard taught at Eton College, Haileybury College, and Westminster School. Since 2003 he has lived in Charente-Maritime in France. He has researched the French Revolution extensively in the region and published a number... more

Nina Edwards is a freelance writer. She is also an actor and lives in London. more

Nick Lloyd is a Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London at Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the UK. He is the author of Loos 1915 (2006) and holds a PhD from University of Birmingham. more

Birgit Beumers is Reader in the Russian Department, Bristol University. Her publications include Burnt by the Sun, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Russia on Reels: The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema (as editor), all published by I.B. Tauris. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board... more

M.A. Draz obtained his doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris, before returning to Cairo where he became Professor of Islamic Studies at Al Azhar University. At the time of his death in 1958, he had established himself as one of the world’s leading Islamic scholars. more