Nigel Hastilow
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Nigel Hastilow

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Nigel Hastilow is a journalist by trade. He was Editor of ‘The Birmingham Post’ in the 1990s and worked for the Wolverhampton ‘Express & Star’. He has also worked for the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Chartered Accountants and his own publishing company. He stood as a Conservative parliamentary candidate in 2001. His latest book is 'Dead Groovy' about the scandals of the 1960s when spies roamed England, the Kray twins were king pins and The Beatles were losing millions thanks to a dreadful deal done by their lawyer David Jacobs. Other recent novels include 'The Man Who Invented The News', the memoirs of Marchamont Nedham, the most notorious journalist of the 17th century - the Piers Morgan of the English Civil War and 'How To Become Prime Minister', a short political satire (though some may say it has been overtaken by events). 'Close of Play' is a story about a village under threat from property developers who want to turn the local cricket ground into a housing estate. Earlier book include the epic historical novel, ''The Trials of Eldred Pottinger', based on the true story of the First Afghan War, and four other books, two of them novels: ‘The Smoking Gun’ and ‘Murder on the Brussels Express’. Nigel was born in Birmingham and lives in Worcestershire.
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