Welcome to my website!

Here you will find details of my activities and interests as a philosopher, writer, composer and naturalist.

You will also find information concerning my academic and teaching activities including the classes that I run and useful free course materials for A-level and undergraduate philosophy students.

A CLASSIC among Shetland wildlife publications, out of print for many years, has been made accessible again as a four-disc audiobook.

Originally published in 1988, an unabridged version of Bobby Tulloch’s Shetland: An Islander, His Islands and Their Wildlife, narrated by his niece Caroline Keith, has now been published by writer and naturalist Adrian Brockless. Click here or on the above image to purchase a copy.

Click below to listen to an extract.

Music

I write music - mainly for strings and voice. My music has been featured on both BBC TV and radio. As a composer and arranger I take commissions – see my Music page for further information. Get in touch by using the Contact page or via email: a.brockless@gmail.com.

I studied philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire where I won a university Humanities Prize in 2004 and continued my studies as a postgraduate at Durham University completing a research MA in 2006. From 2006 – 2015, I taught undergraduate philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London and from 2011 – 2015 also taught A-level philosophy at Sutton Grammar School, where I was head of department from 2012. I also have taught as a guest lecturer for The London School of Philosophy and as Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, alongside pre-U Philosophy & Theology at Roedean School in Sussex. I have been editor of the British Wittgenstein Society and am on the editorial board of Anthem Press.

Philosophical Work

My classical harmonisation and arrangement for string quintet of a Shetland folk tune - Da Sealkie Wife's Sang by Mary Ellen Odie.

Played by Orchestra Nova

Conservation & Narural History

Outside of academia, I have worked professionally for the National Trust as a Species Protection Warden on a Northumbrian nature reserve (protecting Little & Arctic Terns); this was a summer contract in 2010. For a short while, I also worked as a Countryside Ranger for the Deadwater Valley Trust where I carried out surveys and promoted awareness of the wildlife of the area to the wider public

Writings

I have published in academic journals of philosophy and written feature articles for wildlife magazines. Additionally, for two years, I wrote two columns for the Dorking Advertiser Newspaper - one on wildlife and the other on philosophical questions that are raised in local and national news stories. Some publications can be viewed on my Publications page.

Biography