Every ten Outriders we summon a remarkable human. An Outrider. Who challenged. Questioned. Fought. Who pushed us away from banality and mediocrity. For Outrider 50, we explore the life and research of E.P. Thompson. We remember what we have lost from higher education. And who we have lost. This Outrider is dedicated to Piper and Aidan.
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What a fascinating and powerful Outrider he is. Brilliant vlog, Tara. Off to consume Candlelight.
Entering my teens during the 2008 financial crisis living on a London council estate, The Making of the English Working Class was formative because it pointed me to a cultural heritage at a time when the community around me was tearing itself apart. It sits on my shelf with Diarmaid MacCulloch's A History of Christianity which helped me reevaluate my relationship with the Catholicism I grew up with, and a collection of Ocean Vuong's poetry that helped me navigate my latent queerness, as books that shaped me into the academic I'm becoming today.