Meet the Author

Andrew was born in the front bedroom of 12, Tirza Avenue, Burnage, Manchester on 1st May 1964. He was educated at William Hulme’s Grammar School where his fourth form English teacher, Robert Houghton, said, ‘Prestwich, laddie, you’ll go a long way. But you’ll put a lot of people’s backs up getting there.’ Andrew has been challenging those in authority ever since.

Running the school newspaper and then a spoof publication at university, Andrew has always encouraged people to pay attention to what is actually going on around them.

He graduated in law at Birmingham University before reading for the Bar at Gray’s Inn where he was the top student, winning the Macaskie award and the Rodney Bax scholarship. He was a barrister for thirty years.

Andrew regards his finest achievement since retirement as being his unearthing of impropriety in a church school and subsequently proving malpractice on the part of a Diocesan Director of Education who had been untruthful, had invented fake legal advice, had deliberately misled a parochial church council and had concealed evidence. Solicitors engaged by the diocese to defend the Director of Education investigated the matter and were unable to deny Andrew’s allegations. In the true traditions of the Church of England, the culprit failed to apologise and the bishop declined to take any action. But that is a story for another day…

Andrew currently writes magazine articles for three motoring press publications – Spirit & Speed, RoSPA’s Care on the Road and the Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Bulletin.

Since completing Prez, Andrew has taken up sprinting. He runs with Notts AC – a little slower than when he was twelve.