Tony Blair

One of my late father's proudest moments came in 1942, when the Cambridge authorities posted the results of the history finals exams, known as the Tripos, on the notice boards outside the university's Senate House. Although he had been totally blind since he was nine, which meant he depended on Braille and having books read aloud to him, his name was right at the very top of the rankings. With a stunning starred double-first, he had outshone every other student of history in his year. He was quietly proud of this for the rest of his life. But there will be no such moment of glory for any similarly brilliant Cambridge students in future....read