Roger Scruton is a philosopher, writer, political activist and businessman.

He is visiting professor in the department of philosophy at Buckingham University, the only private university in the United Kingdom. He was previously Director of Studies at Christ's College Cambridge 1971-1991.

Roger Scruton founded the Conservative Philosophy Group in 1974, and continues to contribute to the conservative philosophy weblog Right Reason. He co-founded the Town and Country Forum with Anthony Barnett, and was a prominent advocate of fox hunting throughout the ongoing debates in the UK.

Roger Scruton founded Claridge Press in 1982 and is founder and chairman of CEC Government Relations, a consultancy for investors in Central and Eastern Europe.

Roger Scruton has written 32 books including An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture (2000), The West and the Rest: Globalisation and the Terrorist Threat (2002) and The Meaning of Conservatism (1980). His collection of autobiographical essays Gentle Regrets: Thoughts From a Life was published in May 2005.

He left teaching in the city and moved to Wiltshire in the early 1990s, founding post-modern rural consultancy firm Horsell's Farm Enterprises.

Recent articles

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

The great Swedish filmmaker, who died on 30 July 2007, made art that speaks profoundly to the truth of ourselves, says Roger Scruton.

The American philosopher typified and even perfected a form of exclusionary postmodern argument that depended on burying truth, says Roger Scruton.

The trend toward Britain's fragmentation leaves its majority nation in search of itself, finds Roger Scruton.