Why lie? I don’t mean the small, social lies that keep things running smoothly, but what appear to be enormous ones – invented academic posts, fabricated childhood, feats of endurance that never happened.
And having decided to lie, why choose stories so extravagant that they invite disbelief, and so specific that anybody with a spare afternoon and an internet connection can take them apart?
These are questions I’ve been asked about Jason Arday, who resigned last week from his position as professor of sociology education at Cambridge, after the university announced an investigation into his qualifications.
He denies being a liar, he has
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