Quite. Possibly. The only person you’ve seen interviewed who warms up for it by quoting in Greek (the slogan for the US Post depot in New York).

Stephen Fry’s brain is a kind of encyclopaedia or Super Curator, which draws from a huge variety of sources of information, of culture, of history, and then connects them in a fascinating and relevant way into whatever topic is under discussion.

Interview questions include:

What’s it like to be Stephen Fry?

What is the favourite part of your career?

Are you ever starstruck?  (Oh yes, all the time… I remember when I met Martina Navratilova I could barely even speak)

One thing you would change about British life if you could?