The Naked Civil Servant (book) he faced by refusing to hide his homosexuality and flamboyant lifestyle during a time when such behaviour was criminalized in the United Kingdom. Crisp also recalls his various jobs including book designer, nude model, and prostitute. The title derives from Crisp's quip about being an art model: employed by schools, models are ultimately paid by the Department for Education. They are essentially civil employees who are naked during office hours. The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John
Ruth Thompson (civil servant) Ruth Thompson (civil servant) Ruth Thompson (4 July 1953 – 9 July 2016) was a British civil servant who was director of finance (2000–03) and then of Higher Education (2003–06) at the Department of Education and Skills. Ruth Thompson was born on 4 July 1953, the daughter of the academic historian Arthur Frederick "Pat" Thompson (1920–2009) and his wife Mary, "née" Barritt, a lecturer in botany. She graduated from Somerville College, Oxford, with a bachelor of arts (BA) degree in modern history, before completing a doctorate (DPhil) at St Antony's College, Oxford, in 1978. While at Oxford, she exhibited a