Digby Anderson | |
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| Born | Digby C. Anderson |
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| Known for | Founding director of the Social Affairs Unit |
| Notable work | All Oiks Now |
Digby C. Anderson (born 25 May 1944) is the founder and former director (until 2004) of the Social Affairs Unit, a public policy organisation/economic think-tank created in 1980. In addition to this role, Anderson served as a long-time contributor to several conservative American and British newspapers and magazines including The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph, as well as The American Spectator, The New Criterion, and National Review.
Anderson founded the Social Affairs Unit, a British public policy organisation that developed from the Institute of Economic Affairs and became independent within a few years. He stepped down as director of the organisation in 2004 after 24 years.
Alongside his work at the Social Affairs Unit, Anderson contributed to and edited conservative American and British publications including The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, The New Criterion and National Review. He is also an ordained priest in the Church of England.
Anderson's writing has focused on social norms, manners, public behaviour and cultural change in Britain. His 2004 book All Oiks Now: The Unnoticed Surrender of Middle England was published by the Social Affairs Unit and reviewed in The Guardian. Stephen Moss described the book as an "extended pamphlet-cum-provocation" and discussed its criticism of changing class attitudes and social behaviour in contemporary Britain.
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