Welcome to my website!
I work across philosophy, music, and conservation.
My academic work in philosophy centres on ethics, philosophy of language, and Wittgenstein.
My musical work has been featured on BBC TV and Radio, as well as online with Gramophone Magazine.
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I also have a deep love of natural history, which informs much of what I do.
I have taught philosophy at both university and school level, including at Heythrop College (formerly part of the University of London), the University of Hertfordshire, Sutton Grammar School (AQA A-level), Roedean School (Pre-U Philosophy and Theology), Glyn School and Woking College. I have also delivered my own lecture series, Themes in Plato’s Philosophy, for the London School of Philosophy, given public lectures at Conway Hall in London and run my own series of adult education classes in philosophy.
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I also offer online tutoring in philosophy for both A-level and undergraduate students.
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​Beyond academic work, I have worked professionally a Species Protection Warden for the National Trust on a Northumbrian reserve, safeguarding Little and Arctic Terns. I also worked, for a short while, as a Countryside Ranger for the Deadwater Valley Trust.
Philosophy
My work centres on ethics, the nature of value, and the relationship between language, thought and reality. I teach, write, and speak on these topics in both academic and public settings.
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Featured articles
Thought, Consciousness, Brains & Machines
Is Mathematics in The Fabric of The Universe?
Teaching
I also teach A-level and undergraduate philosophy online, both individually and in groups. If you would like to find out more, please email me at tutoring@adrianbrockless.com
or complete the Contact Form.
Music
I compose and arrange music grounded in the classical tradition, more recently drawing on Shetland’s folk heritage and landscape. My work has been broadcast on BBC TV and Radio, and featured by Gramophone magazine.
Featured Project
Bobby Tulloch’s Shetland: An Islander, His Islands and Their Wildlife, first published in print form by Macmillan 1988, is finding new life as a four-disc audiobook and digital download.
Narrated by his niece, Caroline Keith, the recording offers a renewed opportunity to explore Shetland through the voice and perspective of its most celebrated naturalist.
I produced the audiobook and arranged two tunes—composed by Bobby and his sister, Mary Ellen—which appear at the end of the final disc. All proceeds support the wildlife and community work in Yell.
