Contributors

<p>Rory Fraser is an historian, documentary presenter and co-host of the Country House Podcast. He developed a passion for Vanbrugh whilst writing his first book Follies: An Architectural Journey. It received praise from The Times, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, Apollo Magazine and RIBA Journal, before being adapted into an award winning documentary. Rory went on to study Vanbrugh&rsquo;s time in Mughal India and its impact on his work as part of an MPhil under Dr Frank Salmon at Cambridge University. He is now writing a forthcoming biography of the life and times of Vanbrugh to be published by William Collins, as well as the content for the Georgian Group&rsquo;s Vanbrugh300 Exhibition.</p>

<p>Ophelia Field is the author of two critically acclaimed historical biographies featuring John Vanbrugh: a life of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660-1744) titled THE FAVOURITE (2002), re-published in a revised edition by Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson to coincide with the film&rsquo;s release in 2018; and a group biography, THE KIT-CAT CLUB (HarperCollins, 2008), which recounts the long-lasting friendships between Vanbrugh and his fellow club members. She is currently Director of a postgraduate programme in Biography, taught in London for the University of Buckingham. In addition, Ophelia has worked for over thirty years as a policy analyst and communications consultant for a wide range of refugee and human rights organisations around the world.</p>