"At Cambridge, where he studied in the 30s, he had
a reputation for omniscience. Running the local
Communist party cell from the set of college rooms
beneath Wittgenstein's, the youthful Hobsbawm was
invited to join the exclusive Apostles society."

— Mark Mazower  in The Guardian , Oct. 1, 2012

* See related posts from Oct. 1, 2, and 5, 2012.