Alan Taylor is a journalist and is currently writer at large for the Sunday Herald (UK). Formerly, he worked for Scotland on Sunday and the Scotsman, where he was Managing Editor. In an earlier incarnation he was a reference librarian. He is a regular contributor to a variety of publications and is half of the Scottish team on Radio Four's Round Britain Quiz.
Irene Taylor is a trained librarian and currently compiles a weekly 'Those were the days' column for the Scotsman and works for the National Trust in Scotland.