About Roger Scruton

Sir Roger Scruton FBA FRSL (1944-2020) was a writer and philosopher who published more than forty books in philosophy, aesthetics, and politics. His work has been translated into dozens of languages. He was a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature. Scruton most recently served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the director of the philosophy graduate programme at the University of Buckingham.

You can read more about Scruton’s life, find his published works and articles, listen to his compositions and more at his website. You can also find a biographical memoir examining Scruton’s life and thought from the British Academy by philosopher Anthony O’Hear, Scruton’s former colleague and friend.

See below for curated playlists of Scruton’s lectures, interviews, recordings, and more.