Adrian studied philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire where he won a university Humanities Prize in 2004. He continued his studies as a postgraduate at Durham University completing a research MA in 2006. Since then he has been on the academic staff at Heythrop College, University of London.
Adrian's main interests are in the role of human rights in individuality, environmental ethics, the problems of the education system in England and how art is often sidelined as something nonessential in our education. He also pursues a love of natural history through voluntary conservation work that includes undertaking survey work and analysis, as well as more practical work such as scrub clearance and the construction of dry-stone walls.
He writes music and has recently completed his second string quartet.