Socrates in the City with Melanie Phillips

Join us for a thought-provoking evening with Melanie Phillips at the Union League Club in New York City on May 13th, as she joins Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas to discuss her powerful and timely new book, The Builder’s Stone: How Jews and Christians Built the West — and Why Only They Can Save It.

In this riveting conversation, Melanie will explore the urgent themes of her latest work—examining the deep spiritual and cultural crisis facing the West today. Drawing from The Builder’s Stone, she argues that as Western civilization stands at a crossroads, beset by internal fragmentation and external threats, it must rediscover the foundational truths that once gave it strength.

The VIP dinner after the event will include an exclusive Q&A session with Melanie Phillips, offering guests a chance to ask their questions and delve deeper into the evening’s themes.

Details:

• Date: May 13th, 2025
• Time: 6:00 PM Reception, 7:00 PM Seated Interview, 8:30 PM VIP Dinner
• Location: The Union League Club (37 E. 38th St.)
• Host: Eric Metaxas, Host of Socrates in the City

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General Admission: Theater-style seating to watch the main event interview with Melanie Phillips and Eric Metaxas + a book signing afterwards!

VIP Reception: Before the main event, join Melanie Phillips and Eric Metaxas for non-alcoholic drinks and passed hors d'oeuvres.

VIP Dinner: After the main event, join Melanie Phillips and Eric Metaxas for a coursed dinner, conversation, and Q&A. Tickets include an invitation to the VIP reception. Limited availability.

Live Stream: If you cannot join us in New York City, watch the interview as it happens — before we get to edit out the flubs and fluffs — and host friends to join you for your own private SITC event wherever you are! Watch at socratesinthecityplus.com.

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Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster and author who has championed traditional values in the culture war for more than three decades.

She writes a weekly column for The Times of London and the Jewish News Syndicate, broadcasts on radio and TV and gives public presentations across the English-speaking world.

Her new book, The Builder’s Stone: How Jews and Christians built the West -- And Why Only They Can Save It, is published by Wicked Son.

Her first novel, The Legacy, which deals with conflicted Jewish identity, antisemitism and the power of history, was published in 2018 along with her personal and political memoir, Guardian Angel. Her previous books include her 2006 best-seller Londonistan, about the British establishment’s capitulation to Islamist aggression, and The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth and Power, published in 2010.

You can follow Melanie’s work at her website, www.melaniephillips.substack.com.