Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.

Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.

Critchley and Webster’s fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simpleminded.

Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.

There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.