Scott Beauchamp, TAC contributor: The strength of the autodidact is the same as any outsider, only amplified by passion: critical perspective. What the self-educated man lacks in polish, convention, ...

Self-directed learners, or autodidacts, possess the capability to chart their futures in ways that can give them an advantage over their less ambitious contemporaries. I should know, I am one! Back in ...

I grew up appreciating the value of education. In part, this was via my Jewish upbringing, and in part, this was a family value (not sure how to differentiate the two). I completed university, medical ...

When Bill Gates was still a teenager, he would sneak out of his family’s house before dawn and ride his bike to a building on the campus of the University of Washington. He had discovered that the ...

Sir, Dan Fox (“Pretentious — and proud”, Life & Arts, February 6) quotes Billy Bragg’s inaccurate but widely repeated assertions that David Bowie grew up on a council estate and went to art college.

Shortly after announcing plans to release a reunion album, rock-gaze legends Swervedriver have unveiled the record’s third track: “Autodidact.” Following the effort’s first single, “Deep Wound” ...