Stefan Collini is the author of, among other books, Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain and, most recently, Speaking of Universities.
Melissa Benn attacks the deepening rift of privilege and privatization in Britain’s secondary schools.
Timothy Garton Ash is a fine writer of "analytic reportage," but his work has lately displayed symptoms of columnitis.
André Malraux incarnated a certain ideal of "the French intellectual." A writer of international renown, he distinguished himself as a man of action before going on to become an eye-catchi