Nigel Warburton
@nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Philosopher, writer, podcaster. Co-founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast. Author of A Little History of Philosophy and many other books. Weekly column Everyday Philosophy in The New World magazine. Consultant editor Aeon.co and Five Books.
Good to know that the Lithuanian translation of A Little History of Philosophy was on sale at the Vilnius book fair today!
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Good to know that the Lithuanian translation of A Little History of Philosophy was on sale at the Vilnius book fair today!
The T-Rex of Damocles hung over me last night at the launch of @jamie-woodward.bsky.social’s A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social at the Manchester Museum
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The T-Rex of Damocles hung over me last night at the launch of @jamie-woodward.bsky.social’s A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social at the Manchester Museum
Signed copies of these two @yalebooks.bsky.social Little Histories available from @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social if you’re in Manchester…
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Signed copies of these two @yalebooks.bsky.social Little Histories available from @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social if you’re in Manchester…
A great evening discussing 4.54 billion years of the Earth’s history with @jamie-woodward.bsky.social at Manchester Museum to celebrate the launch of his A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A great evening discussing 4.54 billion years of the Earth’s history with @jamie-woodward.bsky.social at Manchester Museum to celebrate the launch of his A Little History of the Earth @yalebooks.bsky.social
Stacked! @blackwelloxford.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Stacked! @blackwelloxford.bsky.social
The Philosophy Bites team was in action over the weekend @blackwelloxford.bsky.social discussing @davidedmonds100.bsky.social ‘s new @princetonupress.bsky.social book Death in a Shallow pond - signed copies are available from the shop (if you hurry)
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Philosophy Bites team was in action over the weekend @blackwelloxford.bsky.social discussing @davidedmonds100.bsky.social ‘s new @princetonupress.bsky.social book Death in a Shallow pond - signed copies are available from the shop (if you hurry)
Found in translation!
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Found in translation!
Cheers everyone!
October 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Cheers everyone!
Signed copies of A Little History of Philosophy now available in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Broad Street store (on the ground floor in the section that used to be music but now sells gifts)
September 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Signed copies of A Little History of Philosophy now available in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Broad Street store (on the ground floor in the section that used to be music but now sells gifts)
My daughter Hannah got married on Friday and the sun shone!
September 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My daughter Hannah got married on Friday and the sun shone!
This is why we love Banksy!
September 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is why we love Banksy!
H/t Gillian Russell
September 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
H/t Gillian Russell
Four free to one events in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - starting with Charlotte Blease on how much AI we should allow in healthcare this Sat at 11am upstairs in the Broad Street Oxford shop…
September 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Four free to one events in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - starting with Charlotte Blease on how much AI we should allow in healthcare this Sat at 11am upstairs in the Broad Street Oxford shop…
If you’re in Oxford this morning, come to this free event upstairs @blackwells.bsky.social with Honor Moore and Anna Motz starting at 11am
August 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If you’re in Oxford this morning, come to this free event upstairs @blackwells.bsky.social with Honor Moore and Anna Motz starting at 11am
I have an essay on philosophical connections in this issue of The New Philosopher. In great company there!
July 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I have an essay on philosophical connections in this issue of The New Philosopher. In great company there!
There’s a wonderful exhibition of Bill Brandt’s Beach Nudes opening @ The Atlas Gallery in London on Friday
June 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There’s a wonderful exhibition of Bill Brandt’s Beach Nudes opening @ The Atlas Gallery in London on Friday
There are 6 Philosophy Bites podcast interviewees (and one interviewer) in this photograph. Can you name them?
June 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
There are 6 Philosophy Bites podcast interviewees (and one interviewer) in this photograph. Can you name them?
One of four emperors I encountered today
June 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
One of four emperors I encountered today
Delighted to feature in the front cover of The New World this week!
June 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Delighted to feature in the front cover of The New World this week!
Working hard on finishing my book…
May 31, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Working hard on finishing my book…
With @agcallard.bsky.social before yesterday’s Philosophy in the Bookshop event about her book Open Socrates at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social (we were in The Gaffer’s Room - Basil Blackwell’s old office overlooking Broad Street)
May 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
With @agcallard.bsky.social before yesterday’s Philosophy in the Bookshop event about her book Open Socrates at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social (we were in The Gaffer’s Room - Basil Blackwell’s old office overlooking Broad Street)
Damsels, but not in distress…
May 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Damsels, but not in distress…
Beautiful evening in Brill
May 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Beautiful evening in Brill
11am this morning (Saturday) upstairs @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on The Ideological Brain - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series
May 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
11am this morning (Saturday) upstairs @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on The Ideological Brain - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series