Here's all I can find. "Hector Drummond is a former professor (at a Russell Group University) turned novelist. His comic writing career started off with undergraduate revues, and continued on with the articles he wrote for various ludicrous academic journals." I think the Russell Group Uni thing is bigging himself up. There is no evidence that he ever was anything to do with the RG personally, just that he lectured at one of the Uni's. No mention of what he lectured in, any post grad qualifications or illustrious appointments.