Joe Earp is currently Team Leader of the Nottingham Hidden History Team. He decided to reform the team in 2011 after receiving a large photograph collection that belonged to the original founder of the team Paul Nix. Joe graduated in 2011 from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Service Sector Management. As well as managing the team, Joe has also appeared on BBC East Midlands Today and BBC Radio Nottingham as historical advisor for the programme, covering topics including Huntingdon Beaumont and Britain's first railway line. He has also written a series of local history articles for the Nottingham Post, Nottingham Bygones, The Topper newspaper and Our Nottinghamshire website. He currently writes a regular local history column for the Beestonian magazine.