KEITH LAYBOURN Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His main interests are in British Labour history, British social policy, the history of gambling, and the history of policing. He has written and edited more than forty books and numerous articles including
Britain's First Labour Government (2006) with John Shepherd, and
Britain on the Breadline (1991).
DAVID TAYLOR Emeritus Professor of the School of Music, Humanities and Media at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author
Hooligans, Harlots and Hangmen (2010) and
Policing the Victorian Town: The Development of Policing in Middlesbrough c. 1840-1914 (2002)