David Scott is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust and has formerly taught at both York and Yale Universities.

His previous book (for Palgrave) 'Politics and War in the Three Stuart Kingdoms 1637-49' was chosen by the Sunday Telegraph as one of its Books of the Year in 2004.

Dr Sandra Leaton Gray is Associate Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of Education, and her main research interests are in the area of education futures, the future of curriculum, young people's biometrics and the ethical use of artificial intelligence in education. She is a member of the Privacy Expert Group of the Biometrics Institute and has acted as an expert advisor to many organisations including the UK Government, the OECD, the International Baccalaureate Organisation and the EU. Her other books include Teachers Under Siege, Invisibly Blighted: the digital erosion of childhood (with Andy Phippen) and Curriculum Reform in the European Schools(with David Scott and Peeter Mehisto).