18 Facts About Giles Fraser

Giles Anthony Fraser was born on 27 November 1964 and is an English Anglican priest, journalist and broadcaster who has served as Vicar of St Anne's Church, Kew, since 2022.

Giles Fraser is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day and The Guardian and a panellist on Moral Maze, and an assistant editor of UnHerd.

Giles Fraser was educated at Hollingbury Court preparatory school in Sussex, where he was beaten several times a week by the headmaster for minor misdemeanours, and at Uppingham School, a fee-paying Christian school, where he became a Christian.

Giles Fraser studied at Newcastle University before training for ordained ministry at Ripon College Cuddesdon, near Oxford.

Giles Fraser continued his studies at the University of Lancaster, where he was awarded a PhD in 1999 with a thesis entitled Holy Nietzsche: Experiments in Redemption.

Giles Fraser was ordained as a deacon in 1993 and as a priest in 1994, serving as curate of All Saints' Church in Streetly, Birmingham, from 1993 to 1997.

In October 2011 Occupy London based its protest outside the cathedral, where Giles Fraser said that he was happy for people to "exercise their right to protest peacefully".

Giles Fraser has said that it was "a huge matter of regret to leave" St Paul's, "but not for one moment have I thought that I did the wrong thing".

Giles Fraser was a visiting professor in the anthropology department at the London School of Economics and Director of the St Paul's Institute from 2009 to 2011.

In 2012 Giles Fraser was appointed Priest-in-charge of St Mary's, Newington, in south London, and in 2022 he became Vicar of St Anne's Church, Kew, in south-west London.

Giles Fraser has been involved in social and political advocacy and, according to The Daily Telegraph, "would be the first to admit that he is fond of the sound of his own voice".

From 2004 to 2013 Giles Fraser had a weekly column in the Church Times; he is a regular contributor to The Guardian.

Giles Fraser is the author or co-author of several books and is a specialist on the writings of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Giles Fraser has lectured on moral leadership for the British Army at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham.

On 16 January 2016, Giles Fraser announced his engagement to Lynn Tandler, an Israeli Jew, who is a weaver and academic researcher.

In June 2017 Giles Fraser suffered a heart attack and successfully underwent surgery.

Giles Fraser was awarded honorary doctorates by Edge Hill University, Lancashire, in 2013, and the Open University in 2015.

Giles Fraser was voted Stonewall Hero of the Year in 2012.