Conservatives around the world will be mourning the death of Sir Roger Scruton, a towering intellect and cultural critic whose life and works exemplify a deep commitment to an intellectual tradition long since abandoned by the West’s academic and politically correct elites. 

As detailed in his Times obituary Scruton came from humble beginnings and over the course of his lifetime achieved the reputation as “one of the most outspoken and provocative conservative thinkers of his generation”.