When ‘lived experience’ means dicing with death
‘This doesn’t end well for Jason Arday’, I told friends 11 days ago. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who had that thought – and I didn’t expect his…
‘This doesn’t end well for Jason Arday’, I told friends 11 days ago. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who had that thought – and I didn’t expect his…
The tragedy of Jason Arday was barely wrapped up, his body not yet cold, before the racism cryers were swarming social media. ‘He’d still be alive if he’d been white’…
The Jason Arday story has ended in unspeakable tragedy. Yesterday, Arday was found ‘unresponsive’ at an address in south London. His death was unexpected, but is not being treated as…
Think Jason Arday’s appointment was a stain on the University of Cambridge? Meet Farah Ahmed, Arday’s colleague in the Faculty of Education until his resignation last week. Now an assistant…
‘We are so lucky to have you’, grovelled Professor Hilary Cremin, as she gripped Arday’s hands like a novice nun being introduced to the Pope. ‘You are the best in…
To understand the making of the emperor’s new clothes, count the tailors. The University of Cambridge maintains an Office of External Affairs and Communications with nearly 40 named staff. Six…
Has there ever been a dumber cleverer person than Jolyon Maugham? For someone with a first-class Durham degree who reached the dizzying heights of King’s Counsel, he doesn’t half swallow…
Sociology, as both a discipline and a subject, has long been questioned and ridiculed by sections of academia and the media. ‘It isn’t a real science’ is the common response…
Arriving at university in the autumn of 2021, I joined a sports society. For me, it was cricket. I’m distinctly average but had enjoyed a single decent season in the…
One of the questions I’m asked most often is: ‘Don’t you ever get tired of talking about trans?’ Which is fair enough given my work at Genspect, which advocates for…