i want to quote to you words written by to tomiwa 0wolade who's a very young, but very significant culturalcommentator and writer. he says, "booksellers should be serving their readers rather than their own ideological bias." do you think you always uphold that principle? i think we do, almost always. i think that the vocational bookseller is... really believes in free speech, believes in ideas, believes in promoting them, is not taking political sides, is not taking sides on many of these social issues. believes that we are there to promote ideas and that we are a civilizing force within that. you mentioned very specifically you wouldn't stock a book that was clearly and blatantly anti—semitic. you're too young to have been around when the satanic verses was first written. no, sadly, i was very much a bookseller when the satanic verses. well, it was 1988. i thought you bought yourfirst one in 19... no, but satanic verses was a huge issue... you certainly stopped it but what i'm saying is it first came out in 1988. but anyway, the point is there were real threats associated with bookshops t