Contributors

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch (1927-2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 languages so far. Along with Willem Frederik Hermans and Gerard Reve, Mulisch is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch post-war literature.

Juliette Morton is a celebrant and community arts producer. She has won the Laurie Lee Prize, been longlisted for the Nan Shepherd prize and her nonfiction has been published in Caught by the River, the Oxford Review of Books and Elsewhere: A Journal of Place. She is the winner of the Geoffrey Dearmer and Poetry Archive Worldview Prizes and is highly commended by the Forward Prizes.

R. I. Moore was professor emeritus of Medieval History at Newcastle University. His books include The First European Revolution and The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Western Europe 950-1250, which was described by the Guardian as "One of the most influential and controversial books of medieval history of the last twenty years". He died in 2025.

Joe Moran is Professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. He contributes regularly to the Guardian and other newspapers. His book On Roads was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and, together with his previous book, Queuing for Beginners, received unanimous critical acclaim.

Martin Moran grew up in Denver, lives in New York City where he is an actor and writer, and has appeared in many Broadway and Off-Broadway plays. He performs a one-man play of The Tricky Part all over the world.

Elaine Morgan was born in 1920, and after studying at Oxford University, worked as a television writer. In 1972, she published The Descent of Woman suggesting that human evolution had an aquatic origin. This idea was attacked at first by scientists but the book became an international bestseller. In the decades since, Morgan's aquatic ape hypothesis has gained widespread support. She died in 2013.

Llewelyn Morgan teaches Classics at Oxford where he is a Fellow of Brasenose College. He has been to Afghanistan several times and has written a number of pieces on the country ancient and modern.

Polly Morland is an award-winning documentary maker, and has directed and produced for the BBC, Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel. She is author of the widely-acclaimed book, The Society of Timid Souls.

www.pollymorland.com

Dave Morris was born in Buckinghamshire in 1957. A graduate of Oxford University, where he read Physics, he has had his work published in over a dozen languages. As well as writing novels and interactive fiction, he has designed videogames and, as a mentor in the American Film Institute digital content lab, has worked with partners like NBC and Microsoft to create new forms of entertainment combining traditional storytelling with interactivity. His graphic novel Mirabilis: Year of Wonders, which first appeared in Random House's comic The DFC, was published simultaneously in print and digital editions in 2011. He lives with his wife Roz in south-west London.

Guy Morpuss worked as a barrister for thirty years, on cases featuring drug-taking cyclists, dead Formula 1 champions and aspiring cemetery owners. Much like his fictional creation Charles Konig he was a celebrated King's Counsel, and enjoys writing letters to The Times to see how many they'll print. He is the author of Five Minds, Black Lake Manor and A Trial in Three Acts, and is working on a second Konig novel. Guy lives near Farnham with his wife and two sons.

Roger Morgan-Grenville was a soldier from
1978-86 and later helped to set up the charity Help for Heroes, acting as its first head fundraiser. He is the author of Liquid Gold: Bees and the Pursuit of Midlife Honey (2020), Shearwater (2021), Taking Stock: A Journey Among Cows (2022) and Across a Walking
Land (2023). He is a founder member of
the conservation charity Curlew Action.