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nigel rodgers

nigel rodgers -lrb- born 1952 -rrb- is a british writer , environmentalist and critic .
rodgers has written numerous books including `` incredible optical illusions '' -lrb- simon & schuster 1998 -rrb- ; `` the traveller 's atlas '' with john man and chris schüler -lrb- 1999 -rrb- ; `` hitler '' and `` churchill '' -lrb- hodder 2001 -rrb- ; philosophers behaving badly with mel thompson ; `` roman architecture '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- ; `` roman empire '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- ; `` understand existentialism '' with mel thompson -lrb- hodder , 2010 -rrb- ; `` existentialism made easy '' with mel thompson -lrb- hodder , 2011 -rrb- ; `` the greek world '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- ; `` the art and architecture of ancient greece '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- ; `` why noise matters '' with arline bronzaft , francis mcmanus , john stewart and val weedon -lrb- routledge -rrb- london 2011 ; `` the dandy -- peacock or enigma ? ''
and `` the umbrella unfurled '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
his latest book `` manet : his life and work '' was published in march 2015 .
he is currently writing a book on pieter bruegel and his heirs .
his books have been translated into fourteen languages .
rodgers has a degree in history and history of art from cambridge university .
he is the founder of pipedown , the campaign for freedom from piped music , was a founder-member of the siesta club , currently in abeyance , and is a member of the educational writers ' group of the society of authors .
after living in london and paris , he is now based in wiltshire , almost within sight of stonehenge .
he has a small megalith outside his own house .
