Andrew Lane was a history teacher before becoming Education and Research Officer at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, in the 1980s, and a member of the museums’ Advisory Council. He was then Curator at the Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth before returning to Beaulieu to become the museum’s Director in 2001. His particular interest is the social history of motoring and he has written three children’s books on motoring, the National Motor Museum’s guide book and museum information booklets for students.