Book Review: Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth by Selina ToddIn Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth, Selina Todd delivers a masterclass in social history, combining rigorous…21h ago21h ago
Lowborn: Reflections on Kerry Hudson’s Memoir and My Own Experience of Being Born and Living ItJan 91Jan 91
Book Review: ‘Miseducation, Inequality, and the Working Classes’Diane Reay’s Miseducation: Inequality, Education and the Working Classes serves as a powerful critique of the English education system…Jan 5Jan 5
Book Review: ‘Born to Fail? Social Mobility: A Working Class View’Published in 2017, Professor Sonia Blandford’s ‘Born to Fail? Social Mobility: A Working Class View’ remains extremely relevant. From…Jan 5Jan 5
Entering 2025: Reflections on the Long and Winding Road“There is merit in taking the road less travelled by.”Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
Social mobility: it’s a double-barrelled shotgunAs a working-class graduate, I now enter the world of employment. With my ‘golden ticket’ Cambridge degree, I stare wide eyed into the life…Aug 3, 2024Aug 3, 2024
Culture Shock at Cambridge: Swim or you’ll drownIn many ways, arriving in Cambridge really is like arriving in Hogwarts. Now that might seem cliché, but I see no easier way to explain it…Jul 12, 2022Jul 12, 2022
2021 Exams: Shattering Gavin Williamson’s cast-iron guaranteeIs the guarantee really ‘cast-iron’?Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
