 Stelios Haji-Ioannou, director of easy.com (and formerly easyjet.com):
“easyCruise.com invited Michael Scott to be a guest lecturer during our first season of Classical Greece tours. He shared his passion for Ancient Greece and certainly inspired our customers as he brought the Classical world to life in his own truly unique style. We are looking forward to welcoming him back for our spring 2008 season.”
 Peter Carbery, Assistant-Editor of the Daily Star Sunday:
“You never know what you're going to get on a "budget" tour of mythological Greece, but there was nothing cut-price when it came to Michael's knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject. He was able to bring to life the story behind the statues, temples, sites and myths of a long-gone civilisation, and present it with a freshness and relevance to contemporary society.
Coming across as England's answer to Indiana Jones, complete with hat but minus the bullwhip, he effortlessly built up a devoted following among the female contingent of the tour, who fired questions after question at him in the hope of some smouldering one-on-one eye contact and velvety, lyrical prose. They were seldom left disappointed.
Faced with a mixed party of travellers whose knowledge of the subject ranged from sketchy to perceptive, Cambridge Fellow Michael was the spoonful of sugar that helped the culture go down, in the most delightful way! Entertainment and learning in the same package...a real hit and myth.”
 Sunday Mirror - 6 January 2008
Once my travelling partners, Elizabeth and Ciro, awoke from their slumber, they joined me in the hot tub and we sipped some cocktails. It wasn’t long before Liz noticed a young man sitting at the bar. “Cor, he’s fit!” she said as he got up and walked across the deck.
It turned out he was a classical Greek history professor from Cambridge University, who was to give lectures during the week. But he didn’t have leather patches on his jacket elbows or smoke a pipe. Dr Michael, as he would soon be called by all the guests, told us what we were going to see during the week. And it suddenly dawned on me: I hadn’t actually come here to play cards.
It was fascinating stuff – Zeus, Achilles, Troy, Athena – stuff I’d never really taken an interest in before. We all really enjoyed his talk – though Elizabeth’s reasons may have differed from ours!
I was even more pleased when a group of women joined us. But I soon realised it wasn’t me they were interested in. Dr Michael’s Hugh Grant-like British accent and clean-cut looks clearly made some of them weak at the knees. A real-life Indiana Jones I thought, and only 26 – not that I was jealous, of course!
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 Mail on Sunday - 17 February 2008
"A guest lecturer, Dr Michael Scott, classicist and fellow of Darwin College Cambridge, joined us ...and brought the sites alive"
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"Let the Prof give you the lowdown on high culture"
"Michael, who quickly became known as 'the Prof', is the week's guest lecturer...Michael's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious and he mingles happily with all the passengers, sharing knowledge both on board and on trips... If you pick a date with the Prof on board, thats an added bonus"
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 Michael Greco, star of EastEnders, Celebrity Love Island and ITV’s Soapstars-Superstars
“Dr Michael Scott helped make my recent trip to the historical sites of Ancient Greece even more memorable. His clear and concise talks were delivered in a very professional, yet charismatic manner. He was also happy to answer additional questions as well as add some fun to the proceedings. Thank you Michael. There is so much more to Greek history than I ever imagined!"
 Paul Saltzman, President, Sunrise Films Limited
“Having produced, and/or directed more than 300 film and television productions, both documentary and dramatic forms, I recommend Michael Scott most highly as a writer/presenter. My experience of him is as an expert guide/lecturer on a recent one-week tour of classic Greek sites. The word, on the ground, so to speak, was that he was most impressive and appealing to the men and women, young and older, on the excursions. Personally, he comes across as extremely informed, very adept in his delivery and presentation, and highly accessible as an authority/presenter. On top of that he's warm, young and good looking, for television purposes. Finally, if his wriiting reflects his chosen words and expressions of verbal delivery, as I experienced them, I'd use him as a writer/presenter."
On-line Cruise Critic review of easycruise.com tour of classical Greece:
(http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=663668)
“They had a guest lecturer, Michael, from Cambridge University on board. He spoke on most of the tours and was by far the best guide I have ever experienced in all of the cruises or vacations I have ever been on.”
“Keep up the terrific work, keep getting guest lecturers of Michael’s calibre (that is a very tall request).”
Anonymous official reviews of Michael as guest lecturer aboard easycruise.com’s tour of Classical Greece:
“Having Michael on board and at the sites gave us a depth of understanding that we would not have otherwise had. He was really able to help us gain a more complete picture of that time.”
Question: Did you learn something about the Classical world? Response: “Holy Smoke YES!!! Michael was great.”
“Michael was awesome.”
“We were lucky to have Michael Scott with us on board as guest lecturer – he has a real passion for Greek history.”
“The talks given by Dr Michael Scott made the cruise. He communicated his love and understanding of the ancient world in ways that outperformed any guest lecturer…he was concise, accessible and deeply knowledgeable.”
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