Ian D. Rotherham is Emeritus Professor at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. An environmental campaigner, he is an international authority on cultural and historical aspects of landscapes and ecology, and author or editor of over fifty books and more than five hundred academic papers. He writes for numerous newspapers and magazines and has broadcast with numerous BBC programmes and other media including Panorama, Autumnwatch, and Horizon.
Christine Handley is a local historian interested in industrial history and changing landscapes. She has written chapters in and edited books on the local history of selected Sheffield communities.
Michael is a local history author who lives in Sheffield.