Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton (b. 1944) is a British philosopher, writer, and composer. Along with having penned several novels and two operas, he is the author of a number of books on philosophy, aesthetics, and animal rights, and most recently A Political Philosophy: Arguments For Conservatism (2006). In 1982, he became the first editor of The Salisbury Review, a magazine that seeks to defend traditional conservative values.
Updated: 22 October 2010
The EU is an Empire, argues historian Thierry Baudet. There's nothing wrong with that, replies philosopher Roger Scruton, as long as it does not denigrate the nations it rules, because it's here where attachment to a community springs. 
Environmental activists devote much of their activity to protecting the countryside, but in future preserving cities from aesthetic pollution will become an even greater priority, argues British philosopher Roger Scruton, citing Prague - the "spiritual centre of Europe" - as the perfect example.