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A native South Carolinian, Leigh Jones Handal has been an avid student of Low Country history since she was a Brownie Scout. She is co-editor of the City of Charleston’s official Tour Guide Training Manual and organized Historic Charleston Foundation’s annual spring house and garden tours for 13 years, as well as the Preservation Society of Charleston’s fall home tours. A graduate of the College of Charleston, Leigh has been a licensed tour guide for more than 20 years. She created and appears regularly on the Lowcountry Live show’s “I Love the Low Country.”

Lucas Hollweg is a food writer, cook and feast maker. He spent five years as the regular recipe columnist for the Sunday Times Style magazine and before that was the magazine’s deputy editor. His cookbook, Good Things To Eat, was published by Collins in 2011.

Jane Hodson is a private chef and former photojournalist. She lives in Somerset and cooks for clients around the world.

Mark Hayward is an established collector of music and popular culture photography and memorabilia, who has gathered an unrivalled collection of material over the last 25 years. His previous books include The Beatles Unseen (Orion 2005) and The Rolling Stones, The Ronnie Wood Story. Mark is also author of Anova’s The Beatles On Camera, Off Guard, The Rolling Stones On Camera, Off Guard,  and Queen On Camera, Off Guard.

Francesca Hornak is a journalist and writer. She currently writes the History of the World in 100 Modern Objects column in the Sunday Times Style section.

Debbie Harrold is the designer behind the highly successful Knit & Purl range of greeting cards. Their knitted pea card (Ha Pea Birthday) is the number one bestselling birthday card in Paperchase.

Neil C. Hughes is a tech columnist and hosts a daily tech podcast where he talks to CEOs, business leaders, and entrepreneurs about how technology is transforming their industries. He is also a LinkedIn Top Voice.

Mary Helt has been making jewellery from a very young age, inspired by the contents of her mother’s jewellery boxes. For more than ten years, she’s been creating her own line of handmade jewellery which can be found in boutiques and online, as well as a line of t-shirts and accessories under the label ‘maryink’. She has worked as a fashion stylist for various magazines and books in New York City and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

John Harding is one of Britain’s most versatile contemporary novelists. He is the author of five novels. Born in a small village in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was educated at the village school and read English at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. His latest novel, The Girl Who Couldn’t Read (2014) is a sequel to Florence and Giles that can be read as a standalone novel by those who haven’t read the earlier book.

Simon Harmer is a Winchester-based artist and a director of the creative agency Marmalade on Toast. He has previously published two illustrated books, ‘A Line Around Winchester’ and ‘A Line Around Salisbury’.

Mike Haskins is a professional joke writer who has written TV and radio material for just about everybody – Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, Simon Pegg, Graeme Garden, Steve Coogan, Mitchell and Webb and Smack the Pony. His other publications include The Old Ones are the Best, Man Walks into a Bar and our very own When in Rome.

Debbie Humphreys established Redhound for Dogs in 2010 in an Old Barn on the Weald of Kent. The company produces British-made dog attire and accessories, with an online shop offering dog jumpers, knitting kits and ‘Sew it Yourself’ dog coat patterns, alongside bandanas, wax coats, bags and collars. Redhound was awarded Editors Choice at their first Country Living Show in 2010, and a Runner Up in the prestigious Country Homes & Interiors Rural Business Awards in 2011. Their unique Dog Jumper Knitting Kits have been stocked by many independent shops as well as well-known stores such as Habitat. They collaborated with Holland & Holland on an exclusive range of bespoke dog coats, and have a successful store on the popular market place notonthehighstreet.com.