31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
The Sacred, the Profane and the Desecrated
Speaker: Professor Roger Scruton, philosopher, public commentator and author
Thursday, 26th May 2016 at 6.30 PM
Roger Scruton is a philosopher, public commentator and author of over 40 books. He has specialised in aesthetics with particular attention to music and architecture. He engages in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker and is well known as a powerful polemicist. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a fellow of the British Academy.
Read the lecture transcript (PDF on the King's College London website)