Nigel Rodgers (born 1953) is a British writer, environmentalist and critic. Rodgers has a degree in history and history of art from

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He is the founder of

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, the Campaign for Freedom from Piped Music, and is a member of the Educational Writers' Group of the

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Work

He has written 15 books including ''Incredible Optical Illusions'' (Simon & Schuster 1998); ''The Traveller's Atlas'' with

John Man John Man (1512–1569) was an English churchman, college head, and a diplomat. Life He was born at Lacock or Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College from 1523, and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1 ...

and Chris Schüler (1999); ''Hitler'' and ''Churchill'' (Hodder 2001); Philosophers Behaving Badly with Mel Thompson; ''Roman Architecture'' (2006); ''Roman Empire'' (2008); ''Understand Existentialism'' with Mel Thompson (Hodder, 2010); ''Existentialism Made Easy'' with Mel Thompson (Hodder, 2011); ''The Greek World'' (2010); ''The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece'' (2012); ''Why Noise Matters'' with Arline Bronzaft, Francis McManus, John Stewart and Val Weedon (Routledge 2011); ''The Dandy — Peacock or Enigma?'' and ''The Umbrella Unfurled'' (2013).http://www.nigelrodgers.co.uk/ His latest books are ''Manet: his Life and Work'' (2015) ''The Bruegels'' (2016) and ''The Colosseum'', a guide book-cum-history about Rome's most famous monument, from its inauguration in AD80 to its recent triumphant restoration, published in May 2018. His books have been translated into fourteen languages.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Nigel 1952 births Living people Writers from London Academics from London English sociologists Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 20th-century British writers English historians of philosophy English philosophers Moral philosophers Writers about the Soviet Union