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Charlotte Higgins
6 quotes
“If the prevailing feeling is that Latin and Greek are for toffs, then Boris [Johnson], frankly, is not the man to dispel that notion.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A classic toff", The Guardian (6 June 2008)
“In north Staffordshire, it is perfectly acceptable, indeed polite social practice, to turn over a plate and inspect the backstamp if you are eating at a friend’s house. Because Stoke has historically had a rather stable, immobile population, memories are long and the tentacular reach of families into the pottery industry goes back generations.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the bleak Midwinter", New Statesman (15 January 2009)
“The classics and class have always been uncomfortably linked. In this country's education system, knowledge of the classics was traditionally the gatekeeper of privilege. If you acquired the classics (even as a humble stonemason's son, like Thomas Hardy) you gained a passport to the establishment. Fail (like Hardy's character Jude) and the corridors of power remained out of reach.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: By academia or tweet, the classics for all", The Guardian (29 April 2009)
“The wording chills me slightly, with its suggestion of a regular consignment of Eton scholars as if by a law of nature.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But "the classics" are so much more than this careless and aggressive chucking around of Latin and Greek tags, as if they were bread rolls at a Bullingdon club dinner.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Boris Johnson's love of classics is about just one thing: himself", The Guardian (6 October 2019)
“I love the British Museum, despite everything. I have had my eyes opened, my imagination set on fire, my intellect challenged by it too many times to mention. ... A fortnight ago, I stopped by to admire the beauty of the Parthenon sculptures, the galloping horsemen and reclining gods innocent of their role in a diplomatic feud. The museum was full of schoolchildren. The place was vibrating with the energy and excitement that comes from the encounter with glorious, awe-inspiring objects. But taking £50m from a polluter? It fills my heart with dread that the museum should take so wrong a turn.”
Charlotte Higgins (born 1972) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I love the British Museum, but what I've learned about the depth of its crisis fills me with dread", The Guardian (21 December 2023)