Roger Scruton is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He has specialised in aesthetics with particular attention to music and architecture. He engages widely in contemporary political and cultural debates and writes in a range of scholarly and journalistic publications. 

Roger Scruton’s most recent books include An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture (2000), England: an Elegy (Continuum, Books, 2000); The West and the Rest (ISI Books, 2001); Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (Oxford University Press, 2003); News from Somewhere: On Settling (Continuum Books, 2003); A Political Philosophy (Continuum Books, 2006); ; Gentle Regrets: Thoughts From A Life (Continuum, 2006); Culture Counts: Faith and Feeling in a World Besieged (Encounter Books 2007); A Dictionary of Political Thought (Palgrave Macmillan, 3rd edition, 2007); Beauty (Oxford University Press, 2009); Understanding Music: Philosophy and Interpretation (Continuum, 2009); and I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine (Continuum, 2009). His website is here

Roger Scruton founded the Conservative Philosophy Group in 1974, founded Claridge Press in 1982, and co-founded the Town and Country Forum with Anthony Barnett in 1997. 

Recent articles

The Polish philosopher’s intellectual journey was marked by a lengthy, careful demolition of Marxism. The stifling influence of this ideology and its outgrowths and variants in the western academy make Leszek Kolakowski’s achievement all the greater - and more surprising, says Roger Scruton.   

(This article was first published on 28 July 2009)

The prophetic message of Alexander Solzhenitsyn transcends the circumstances that gave rise to it, says Roger Scruton.

The argument over the application of sharia in Britain highlights the difference between Christian and Muslim visions of law, says Roger Scruton.