Campaigner wages quiet battle for sound of silence

Nigel Rodgers is in hell. A campaigner against piped music for decades, he stands in a shoe shop in London's Oxford Street that is blaring out loud pop music, wincing visibly.

"It's just as bad as passive smoking," said the 63-year-old, sporting a blue blazer with a red handkerchief in the top pocket and eagerly eyeing the exit.

"It really is enough to drive most people bonkers if they have got any sensitivity at all."