Bernard Crick

Sir Bernard Crick (b. 1929) is an emeritus professor of political science at Birkbeck College, London. In the 1980s, he served as an advisor to Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock. In 1997, he was tasked by his former student David Blunkett, then Education Secretary in the Blair government, to coordinate an advisory committee on citizenship education. In 2004, he authored the government document "Life in the United Kingdom: A Journey to Citizenship." His works also include the classic "In Defence of Politics" and the biography "George Orwell: A Life." Professor Crick established the Orwell Prize for political journalism and is currently the vice president of the British Humanist Association.