Nigel Sadler qualified as an archaeologist in 1986 and then spent 2 years working in the Middle East (Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Turkey) and 2 years in the UK. He retrained in Museum Studies and then spent 8 years running museums in London. In January 2000 he started as Director of the Turks and Caicos Islands National Museum, a post he held until 2007 when he set up his own Museum and Heritage consultancy (Sands of Time Consultancy) especially to work on projects for the Bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade, a subject he had researched extensively whilst working in the Caribbean. He moved with his wife Vicky to Ottery St Mary, Devon, in November 2010. He has written magazine articles and books on subjects as diverse as left handedness, Alfred Hitchcock, slavery, the role of children's clubs in museums, and several photographic books.