Jason Arday on his remarkable journey from non-verbal child to Cambridge professor

“All of this work I do is a privilege. But my success is reflective of nothing apart from how unequal a system can be and how one individual managed to navigate it.”

Author InterviewsJun 12, 2026by Caroline Sanderson

Jason Arday © Kim Lang

The writer and academic’s debut memoir tells his story, from non-verbal child written off by experts to the youngest Black professor in Cambridge University’s history.

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