This paper discusses eleven key features of Stuart Hall’s life and work: (1) his view that being an intellectual is a serious, often difficult vocation; (2) his commitment to studying the “here and now” —the present conjuncture; (3) his refusal to think of “the cultural” as separate from structures, relation, and practices of power; (4) his dedication to public engagement, including innovative use of television; (5) his practice of collaboration as a mode of intellectual production; (6) his privileging of the essay—the short intervention; (7) his recognition of the importance of oration, rhetoric, and performance—and learning to speak with multiple tongues; (8) his long-term engagements with artists—especially “Black” British artists; (9) his self-reflexive posture; (10) his commitment to practices of humility; and (11) his adoption of a critical-intellectual stance that is simultaneously optimistic and pessimistic.