Clive Aslet, who is a Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, has written over 30 books, and has talked at every literary festival under the sun. He began his career on the magazine Country Life where he was editor for 13 years, followed by a long stint as editor at large. His journalism has been prolific, not just for Country Life but all the major broadsheets, Sunday papers and magazines. He is also an experienced broadcaster. In 2019, he co-founded the prize-winning publishing house Triglyph Books with the photographer Dylan Thomas. Two years later he was instrumental in establishing the Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture at Downing College, Cambridge. Clive’s first book was The Last Country Houses, Yale University Press, in 1982. Since then he has returned to Yale twice, most recently for The Story of the Country House. Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain’s Greatest Architect? was published by Triglyph in 2024. 

Dr John Goodall is an award-winning author and Architectural Editor of Country Life, responsible for the celebrated articles on country houses that feature in the magazine each week. Previously a researcher and historian at English Heritage (where he was involved in the re-launch of their guidebook series and worked on several flagship exhibitions), he has been involved in various television series on history and architecture, including BBC1’s The Way We Built Britain (2007), presented by David Dimbleby.

Rebecca Lilley is a heritage consultant. Formerly the Secretary of the Lutyens Trust, she maintains her passion of all things Lutyens by continuing to organise events for the Lutyens Trust and sits on the Board of Trustees. Rebecca holds a degree in Architecture and a Masters with Distinction in Architectural Conservation. Currently she works for Clive Aslet in a research capacity. This has included contributions into new research on the life and works of Sir Edwin Lutyens for Clive's 2024 book 'Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect?' and the 2025 book 'King Charles III: 40 years of architecture'. Rebecca is also a trustee of The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, and the Godmersham Park Heritage Centre - a small museum in the grounds of the Georgian country estate in Kent, once home to Edward Knight, brother to the British novelist Jane Austen.