Laurie Taylor

Laurie Taylor, sociologist, author and radio presenter seen here at his home in Clerkenwell for a profile celebrating 30 years as a contributor to The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 28th October 2008 Commissioned by Alex Morgan for the THE

A slightly different Castaway for our Easter Weekend Special:  instead of telling you what Laurie Taylor will take to his desert island, we are going to show you! If you want to find out why, there is still time to ask him at our Pre-conference day on April 5th!

Kind of Blue. Miles Davis

Piano Concerto in G. Ravel

Partita No. 3. Bach

Giant Steps. John Coltrane

Books:

Find out more about each of Laurie’s book choices by clicking on their titles

M. Bloch. Feudal Society 

David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature

Philip Larkin. Collected Poems

George Eliot. Middlemarch

Novels:

Find out more about each of Laurie’s Novel choices by clicking on their titles

Sabbath’s Theatre. Philip Roth

Tristram Shandy. Laurence Sterne

Luxury:

100 Monte Christo Cuban cigars.