The Ruskin Society seeks to raise awareness of the life, work and times of the great writer, art critic and pioneer of social and economic reform, John Ruskin (1819-1900).

Click here to learn more about the various societies that have been formed, the first whilst Ruskin was still alive, to propagate the ideas of a man who was regarded in his own lifetime as one of the most profound and prophetic thinkers of his century.

John Ruskin, self-portrait, pencil on paper. Image courtesy of the Ruskin Library, University of Lancaster