Wendy Bishop. After a career in teaching, including Malawian secondary schools and a ’borstal’ for children with special needs, Wendy Bishop received a stern health warning and retrained, doing degrees in garden design and garden history. This was followed by a PhD on ornamental lakes at the University of East Anglia. She is now an independent researcher. Alongside lakes, her research interests include the history of reservoirs, and their evolving uses and modes of construction.