Mr Crosland, perhaps the finest mind to have sat on the Labour benches, is a hard man to emulate.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
2.
Several senior members of the current government once went to the grammar schools that were shut by Crosland and his successors, such as Shirley Williams (a 1970s education secretary, now a Liberal Democrat peer).
ECONOMIST: Education
3.
Richard Crossman and Anthony Crosland also got firsts.
ECONOMIST: Sometimes too many brains can go to your head