Jason Arday was found dead at his home in south London on 14 August 2026. He was 41. Nine days earlier, he had resigned as Professor of Sociology of Education at Cambridge, writing that the accusations, speculation and public commentary directed at him had reached “the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure”. He asked, in that same letter, for understanding, compassion and the space to begin again. He was granted none of it. The press answered his r

The first racial slur I ever heard wasn't aimed at me. I was six years old. We lived in a neighbourhood where Orthodox Jewish families had detached homes next to our flats. One Saturday morning, I was watching Bugs Bunny on television when I looked out the window and saw three children. A boy, maybe eight or nine. A girl about my age. And a little girl, maybe two years old, just trying to keep up with her brother and sister. They had broken into a Jewish family's home and