Gillian Bardsley is a historian with a special interest in the social consequences of the rise and fall of the motor industry in Britain. She is the author of 'Issigonis, the Official Biography' and has also written books about the Longbridge and Cowley factories and the craft of coachbuilding. As the Archivist of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust she has contributed to many programmes and articles on TV, radio and in the press.