I am Victoria Jenner. By day I work at the Ashmolean Museum and by night... I sleep in eerie old churches and discover their hidden secrets. I'd like to call myself a historian, adventurer with a taste for the outdoors. 

Communications Manager for The Churches Conservation Trust. Love old buildings. Mum of 2.

Helen Carr is an award nominated writer, historian specialising in medieval history and public history. Author of the best-selling, The Red Prince: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, published in spring 2021 and listed in the Times and Sunday Times best books of 2021. The Red Prince was shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography.  Co-author and editor of What is History, Now? (W&N): A follow up to What is History? (1961) by her great-grandfather, the historian, E.H Carr. 

Joanne Parker is Associate Professor in Victorian Literature and Culture in the Department of English at the University of Exeter. She researches the relationships between history, legend, place and identity - particularly in the literature and culture of the long nineteenth century.

Maddy is the ARIAs-nominated writer and co-host of History Hit’s After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal, and a regular contributor for television and radio, having worked with broadcasters including Channel 4, Sky Arts, Warner Bros and Times Radio.

Writer, historian and broadcaster Dr Matthew Green is a world expert on the history of London. He has a doctorate from Oxford University and is the author of the critically acclaimed book London: A Travel Guide Through Time which has been described by the Londonist as ‘easily the best social history of London for a decade’. No dry academician, he is passionate about bringing London’s richly layered history to life in the most vivid way possible, revealing its hidden treasures and offering memorable perspectives on the present-day city.

Matthew founded Unreal City Audio in 2012 which produces immersive tours of historic London, highly praised for their originality and energy. When not researching, Matthew can be found in Hampstead with his tuxedo cat, Buster, and his collection of London diaries through the ages strewn across the floor (he has an aversion to shelves!).

Michael Carter is Senior Properties Historian at English Heritage. A historian and art historian, he is a specialist on medieval monasticism, especially in the late Middle Ages, c.1300–1540. Before joining English Heritage in 2015, he was Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art. 

Natasha has been telling stories for museums, galleries and heritage sites for over 20 years working with words, film, design, performances and audio. For the last eight years she has been at the Ashmolean Museum.

I am an archaeologist working as Senior Properties Curator for the West of England at English Heritage, based in Bristol.