James Irvine was born and brought up in Cheshire. After graduating in Biology from Edinburgh University, he worked as a scientist both at Harwell and Bristol. He retrained as a Physics teacher at Sheffield University before working in a number of teaching posts, the last of which was as a Lecturer in Physics at Leeds City College. He retired in 2016.
James has written stories in his spare time, besides photography, wood turning, and model railways.
James is married to Helen, and has one son, Stephen. They live in North Yorkshire.
In the glorious May of 1998, the governors of the Tanswold School Trust are looking forward to a new era in which they are about to build a new dining hall for their independent school. However, the unbridled optimism soon turns to despondency as they realise that the bursar has been doing DIY stock...
