After ten years as Features Editor at The World of Interiors magazine, Ros Byam Shaw became a freelance author and journalist, writing on design and interiors for magazines and newspapers including The World of Interiors, House & Garden and Cabana. She is the author of 15 acclaimed books, including Perfect English, Perfect English Townhouse and Perfect English Style. Since 2020 Ros has been running online antiques shop  Perfect English Stuff with her daughter Elizabeth Kemp, both having inherited the dealing gene from Ros’s mother, also an antiques dealer. Ros has 39.9k Instagram followers while @perfectenglishstuff has 10,000 followers. Ros lives in Devon with her husband and dog.