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Steven Rose
All posts are written by Steven Rose. Steven is originally from Middlesbrough, where he lived in or around from 1995 until 2014, at which point he left to spend half of each of the next four years reading for an MMath in mathematics at Balliol College in the University of Oxford, where he met both his wife, Ele Saltmarsh, and friend and former flatmate, Ewan Hill Norris. Steven has studied and acted as a Teaching Assistant in economics at Pennsylvania State University.

Besides keeping one eye on the developments of news in the UK, Steven enjoys cooking for his fiancee, himself, and his friends, and discussing with his fiancee whether they should adventure around the local area before ultimately watching Netflix. The couple live in West Dorset

 It is important to note that Ele and Ewan provide advice regarding the editing of the language used, and the views expressed are solely Steven's and the reader should not take them to be that of the editors'.

Ele Saltmarsh
Almost every blog post is carefully edited by Ele Saltmarsh, a PhD student of agronomy at Penn State University, and a graduate of Balliol College in the University of Oxford, having read a bachelors degree in biology. They have won the Amnesty International young writer award for writing about the displacement of indigenous peoples, and contributed much work to the Landworker's Alliance, which represents the UK's smallholders.

Ewan Hill Norris
Almost every blog post is also carefully edited by Ewan Hill Norris, who holds a BA in physics from Balliol College in the University of Oxford, and an MSc in physics from the University of Nottingham.

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