Re: "the knowledge"

M.B.Carrithers who-is-at durham.ac.uk
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:29:43 +0000 (GMT)

`The knowledge' is itself common knowledge in Britain, and has been
the subject of several articles in the press and TV programmes in the
recent past. Every London taxi driver---and this means the black
diesel cabs, not the minicabs---must qualify by demonstrating his (and
it does seem to be a largely, if not entirely, male domain) ability to
describe exactly how to get from any place to any other, including
where roads may be blocked etc. It takes years to acquire this
expertise, and at least sometimes it is held out, in class-ridden
Britain, as an example of how the intellectual achievements of the
ordinary working class equal or exceed those of the intellectual
middle classes.

But can I remember where or when any of these articles appeared? No,
of course not. Sorry.

Michael

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