Sir Roger Scruton (1944-2020) was one of the most distinguished polymaths of modern times. His work ranged over philosophy, music and aesthetics to politics, religion and law. This inaugural series of free public lectures promoted his legacy by inviting eminent public intellectuals to speak on four topics within an overarching theme. The theme for 2021 was ‘Nation and Civilisation’.
Each lecture was held at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford in October 2021.
Jonathan Sumption is a renowned historian and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Four instalments of his critically acclaimed history of the Hundred Years’ War have been published between 1990 and 2015, all by Faber & Faber.
Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham, is a distinguished journalist, the authorised biographer of Margaret Thatcher, and a former editor of The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph.