Wil Law is a home design expert and social community executive working for John Lewis. Living alone in West Yorkshire, Wil is a ‘small space living, solo-dwelling’ influencer, sharing home interior inspiration on his Instagram account (@johnlewis_wil).

Thomasin Renshaw is the chief development officer at Pocket Living, a London-based property developer creating discounted affordable housing for first-time buyers. Thomasin graduated from UCL with a BSc in astrophysics and the University of Reading with an MSc in surveying. She is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Planning and Development) and a New London Architecture Expert Panel member.

Julia Haney Montanez is the co-founder of design exhibition platform The Design Release. She is also a director at online interiors and architecture store Leibel. Her former 400-square-foot New York Chelsea apartment, where Julia lived alone for seven years, was featured by Architectural Digest. She shares her home interiors inspiration on Instagram and TikTok at @interiordecline.

Francesca Specter is a London-based author, podcaster, and freelance journalist, specialising in writing about solitude, loneliness, and interior design through a psychological lens. Her debut non-fiction book, Alonement: How to be Alone & Absolutely Own It (Quercus, 2021), is a personal development guide inspired by the experts she’s hosted on her award-nominated podcast, also called Alonement. She has written for The Independent, The Telegraph, Monocle, and elsewhere, and has appeared as a commentator on BBC Woman’s Hour, Sky News, and Times Radio.