Dr Nigel Spivey is Senior Lecturer in Classics (Classical Art & Archaeology) and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

He has written extensively on the Etruscans and on the Olympic Games. As an undergraduate, he was a three-time champion at the Oxford-Cambridge athletics match and he remains an active member of the Achilles Club, an Oxbridge sports organization.

He is a popular and engaging lecturer and has presented various television series, including 'How Art Made the World' for the BBC.