A C Grayling

Professor of Philosophy, author: philosophy, politics, history of ideas, culture.

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I met the late and much lamented Arjen Hoekstra, ‘Mr Water Footprint’, in the Antarctic in 2015.

Perpetual Peace

For weather like this a Jon Snow – a King of the North – seems to be the order of the day, Mancunian levels of precipitation and temperature looking…

Ultimate Things

That great philosopher Oscar Wilde said, ‘Most people are other people.

Rejoin March 20 June 2026 London

Join us at the National Rejoin March this Saturday, 20 June 2026

Bad Times

Bad times are times of opportunity.

Only Connect

As someone perennially allergic to conspiracy theories I once found it hard to accept quite everything said about a Far-Right campaign to sew discord by…

Another Thing

Another thing, among many, that Trump does not understand is the nature of legacy.

Truth, Whole, and Nothing But

Chapeau big time to French Senator Claude Malhuret.