E. P. Thompson
E. P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson, usually cited as E. P. Thompson, was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class. He also published influential biographies of William MorrisandWilliam Blakeand was a prolific journalist and essayist. He also published the novel The Sykaos Papers and a collection of poetry. His work...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth3 February 1924
It breaks my heart to realize that the culture has basically transformed the church rather than the church confronting the culture and trying to transform it.
It scared everyone. When we saw the delayed designation, our hearts dropped.
I sense a little change, ... I hear it every day. 'We got to do something different, because the other way hasn't been working.'
I heard a great explanation from Debbie Colberg, the volleyball coach at Sacramento State. She said the reason coaches scream is not for the kids, it is for the adults. If a kid screws up, yelling lets everyone know that, 'I didn't teach the kid to do that.' There's a feeling that I've got to yell or people won't think I am coaching.
You've got the east-west problem because only three corridors go that way. I've heard anything between 10,000 and 20,000 extra people are in town. It's a huge difference. I've never seen it this bad.
I was shocked to find there weren't any more changes than this. I've heard a lot of comments, mostly very derogatory comments.
As the war in Iraq drags on, the Army is accumulating a collection of problems that cumulatively could call into question the viability of an all-volunteer force.
But if you really want to know how to live on one income, you might have to move back with your parents,
There's nothing a professor likes better than imposing his opinion on as large a number of people as possible.
and the governor believes that is where it should be decided. It's an issue for the people and the courts.
The targets are tough because much of the BBC is pretty lean
It's not an insurance product, but a safety-net package.
If my grandmother were a food, she would probably be vegetable soup. She is made up of a lot of different ingredients, and when you put them all together, it creates something warm and wonderful.
You could've done a killer 20-minute anthology of Motown that would've been educational to kids who didn't know what Motown was. And the people who lived through Motown would've loved its nostalgic value. ... But music is the hardest way to appeal to a mass audience because it's highly fragmented and you never get anything that everyone likes.