Lara provides what is probably the most perceptive take on my 'walking CV' argument in the book. I should probably be giving Lara some money at this point shortly before (or after? No idea) lying on a couch whilst she nods silently as I ramble on breathlessly...

Surely all of us – especially academics on the Left who help to lead some of the debate – must act what they critique and discuss. We have to say no to the workmasters who always want a little bit more of us. We have to say no so that more people can get a share of that work and that pay, otherwise we risk collapsing into these self-serving circles (usually very elitist) in which certain people become kind of celebrities of their work. Even...