Dr Steven Parissien is Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and a lecturer in Architectural History at Oxford University. Steven worked in senior management in arts and education for over thirty years, including ten years as CEO of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire. He has written extensively on cultural history and his fourteen books to date range from Regency Style (1992) to Interiors (2014), Building Britannia (2023) and the forthcoming Another Round (2025). He lives in Oxfordshire and has a daughter, Julia.