Jeremy Musson is an author, historian and journalist and a regular contributor to Country Life and the Field. A specialist in the history of the English country house and estate, he was architectural editor of Country Life 1998-2007. He is the author of a number of books, Westley Richards & Co In Pursuit of the Best Gun 1812-2012, (2012), English Ruins (2011), Up and Down Stairs: a history of the country house servant (2009) and How to Read a Country House (2006). He co-wrote and presented 14 episodes of The Curious House Gueston BBC2.