(2016) is a collection of intimate interviews between the English philosopher Roger Scruton and his intellectual biographer, Mark Dooley . Conducted over three days at Scruton’s Sunday Hill Farm in Wiltshire, these conversations provide a rare, candid look into his life, ranging from his working-class upbringing to his controversial career as a public intellectual. Structure and Chapters
: His work with underground dissidents in Communist Czechoslovakia, including his eventual arrest and expulsion.
: His tenure at Birkbeck College and the crystallization of his right-wing views.
: Reflections on wine, hunting, and other "unfashionable" causes he defended.
: Transitions in his academic career.
The book is organized chronologically and by theme, following Scruton's development as a thinker:
: Early life in High Wycombe and his formative education.
