Our people

Andy Baxter

Andy comes from the UK, where he studied English linguistics at Oxford. His writing career has included journalism, marketing communications, executive speeches, websites, video scripts and books. Andy came to the Netherlands in 1975, teaching at Utrecht University for a number of years and gaining a doctorate in Linguistics in 1985. Andy retired in 2018.

Astrid Baxter-Holtman

Astrid studied English linguistics at Utrecht University and the University of Glasgow. She taught English at Utrecht University for several years, receiving her doctorate there in Linguistics in 1996. She is the author of Correspondentie in het Engels: 50 tips (Kluwer, 2003) and co-author, with Andy, of Handboek zakelijk Engels (Uitgeverij Boom, 2020, 4th ed.) and Baxter’s English Survival Kit (Sdu, 2006).