John Gray with Robert Tombs, live at the Sheldonian Theatre

In the concluding Oakeshott Lecture of 2025, John Gray explores the English revolutionary tradition from Thomas Hobbes to Raise the Colours.

John Gray is a world-renowned philosopher, political theorist and
intellectual historian. He has an asteroid named after him and until 2008 he was School Professor of European Thought at the LSE. He now writes principally for the New Statesman and has authored over twenty books including the bestselling Seven Types of Atheism, Straw Dogs, Black Mass, The Soul of the Marionette, The Silence of Animals and Feline Philosophy. His latest book, published by Penguin in September 2023, is The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism.

After his lecture, Prof Gray will be joined on stage by eminent historian Prof Robert Tombs for what promises to be a lively discussion.

Tickets are required, but free and open to everyone. Please book them here:

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