I had the opportunity to hear Skinner lecture at Cambridge, and he is easily the best public speaker I've encountered. Made all the more obvious by the fact so

I had the opportunity to hear Skinner lecture at Cambridge, and he is easily the best public speaker I've encountered. Made all the more obvious by the fact so many historians at that university are stuffy antiquarians. Skinner was kind, humble and brought subjects that I would normally find boring flourishing into life.