When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion.

I have never been good at doing impressions of women. Which is understandable. There's a gender issue.

It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while the world cries out for greater analysis and insight, we are distracted by bread and circuses, aka the 'Great British Bake-Off' and 'Tumble.' We should rediscover our tradition of satire. Of speaking truth unto power.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

I don't think there's ever a wrong answer as long as people are willing to learn, share. You're never done learning.

Read a record number of books in a given month. If you're focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

Subsidies on petroleum products and fertilizers should be phased out in a defined, time-bound manner. The resources that would get freed up could then be used to fund various social sector programmes in education, healthcare and other priority sectors.