In this first of a two part examination of Tom Nairn's life and contribution to radical Scottish thought, Pete Ramand and James Foley talk to his long-time comrade and intellectual interlocuter George Kerevan.

In Part 1

- Why did he disdain the traditions of the British left?

- How did Nairn use Italian ideas to challenge the British left?

- What was his relationship to the great theorists of his time?