Sir Bernard is not for an early bath

Published Date: 23 July 2008 CAUGHT up with Sir Bernard Crick at an art exhibition in Dundas Street deli Glass & Thompson and found him still steeped in politics at 78. Well, what else, considering he's been a Labour Party member from 17? Enjoying his retirement in Edinburgh, Bernard's form is impressive. Former Professor of Politics at London's Birkbeck University, he was an adviser to Neil Kinnock, David Blunkett was one of his students (slipped up there) and he wrote a biography of George Orwell. His real claim to fame, though, was that he was a major player in the campaign to save the Stockbridge Glenogle Baths from closure. Says Bernard, still a swimmer there: "Aly Bain (the fiddler) and I hatched the campaign in the sauna. Aly was in his trunks, I was in my suit. But the baths survived, as did my suit." Talking... [read full story]