AC Grayling is one of Britain's leading intellectuals. Reader in Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a fellow of St. Anne's College, Oxford, the multi-talented author of the best-selling The Meaning of Things, The Reason of Things and most recently The Mystery of Things, believes that philosophy should take an active, useful role in society, rather than withdrawing to the proverbial ivory tower.
He is a columnist for The Times and a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television, including CNN, Newsnight, The Today Programme, In Our Time and Start the Week.
He was a Man Booker judge in 2003, is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and an advisor on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups.
His new book, Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime?, was published by Bloomsbury in February 2006.
He is a columnist for The Times and a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New Statesman and Prospect, and a frequent and popular contributor to radio and television, including CNN, Newsnight, The Today Programme, In Our Time and Start the Week.
He was a Man Booker judge in 2003, is a Fellow of the World Economic Forum and an advisor on many committees ranging from Drug Testing at Work to human rights groups.
His new book, Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime?, was published by Bloomsbury in February 2006.