Jamie has a PhD in Classical Archaeology from Birkbeck College, University of London. He has supervised university-run excavations in Britain, Romania, Germany and Italy, including Pompeii, and worked as a field archaeologist for many years in Germany. He lectured at Humboldt and Durham universities, and has published numerous research articles and a book. Jamie moved to Berlin in 1999 due to a fateful romance with an East German girl with whom he is still together, and started guiding in the city in 2004. He has led thousands of tours, loves his job, and is an engaging and passionate story-teller.