If the shoe fits...)

[James Farmelant]

Speaking of the blood ties between the Cockburns and
the Waughs what strikes me is how over the past couple
centuries so much of Britain's intellectual life has been
dominated by people coming from a relatively small
number  - what Noel Annan  calls the "intellectual aristocracy"
which consists of such families as the Sturges, the Frys, the
Stephens, the Wedgwoods, the Darwins, Trevelyans, Martineaus,
Huxleys, Stracheys, Fischers, Keyneses, Penroses and Booths.
What is most striking is how these families have managed 
generation after generation to keep on producing academics,
writers, high-level civil servants, scientists, journalists
and other intellectuals and professional people.  

I wonder if any of the British subscribers to LBO-Talk
(i.e. Mark Jones, Chris Burford or Jim Heartfield) have
any special insights to share with us concerning Britain's
intellectual aristocracy and of the roles they have played
in both Establishment and radical politics.

		Jim Farmelant

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