Nigel Rodgers (born 1952) is a British writer, environmentalist and critic.
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, and is a member of the Educational Writers' Group of the Society of Authors.
Work
He has written 15 books including
Incredible Optical Illusions (Simon & Schuster 1998);
The Traveller's Atlas with
John Man and Chris Schüler (1999);
Hitler and
Churchill (Hodder 2001);
Philosophers Behaving Badly with Mel Thompson;
[Rodgers, N., & Thompson, M. (2005). Philosophers behaving badly. London: Peter Owen.] 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? [Rodgers, N. (2012). The Dandy: Peacock or enigma?. London: Bene Factum.] and
The Umbrella Unfurled (2013).
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.