Nigel Freestone has spent his working life in education and is currently Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Northampton. Educated at Beaumont Leys school and at the University of Leicester he is a lifelong fan of Leicester along with his late father, brothers and sons. He has compiled crosswords, puzzles and published numerous historical features on football, motoring, fishing and chemistry. Married and a father of three, he devotes his spare to watching the Foxes, listening to radio comedy and enjoying the countryside walking his dogs.
