25 April 2026

‘Uncle Ibrahim, what’s better, a monkey or a penguin?’ (…) ‘Well, there you go again,’ says Ibrahim. ‘Now, penguins are better than monkeys, because “penguin” is a very specific term, and “monkey” is very unspecific. If we say “monkey” then different people see different things, maybe a mandrill, maybe a little marmoset, whereas if you