Andrew Chapman
Andrew Chapman has a lifelong obsession with walking, landscape and ancient history. He has been the editor of the social/family history magazine Discover Your Ancestors since 2011 and the British Association for Local History’s Local History News since 2023, and has worked as a freelance editor and book/magazine designer across a 30-year career. He took the helm of NE in 2025.
John Billingsley
John Billingsley was co-founder of the Northern Earth Mysteries group in 1979, and took over editorship of NE with issue 51 in 1992. He has an MA in ‘Local History, Literature & Tradition’ from Sheffield University, with a dissertation on archaic stone head traditions in Yorkshire. He has published and edited several books on folklore and place, mostly concerning his home area on Calderdale in West Yorkshire.
Mike Haigh
Mike Haigh has had a deep interest in archaeology and folklore since the 1970s, and was part of the team from 1992 to 2024. He contributed a regular archaeological review in NE, and is well versed in archaeology, folklore and their alternative approaches.
Paul Williment
Paul has a longstanding interest in the relationship between the human spirit and the landscape which was particularly nourished by a trip to Orkney in 1999. His involvement in page layout and design began in 1994. He became responsible for putting the magazine into its final shape, overseeing all aspects of design and layout with Issue 101 in the Spring of 2005, which he continued until 2024.
Andrew Riley
Andrew’s interest in earth mysteries stems from the 1970s, watching TV documentaries about The Dragon Project. He relocated to West Yorkshire in 1997, and it didn’t take long to become involved with Northern Earth! He was the magazine’s chief webmaster until 2024.
Davina Ware
Davina Ware is from Sheffield, now based in Bath. She is a freelance illustrator intrigued by the interaction of humans, imagination, and mystery with nature and the landscape. She has previously contributed illustrations for 3rd Stone magazine and Ptolemaic Terrascope.