Salman Rushdie flanked by… Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie speaks behind quite a fancy lectern at the Guardian Hay Festival 2008. This was in Powys, Wales on May 25, 2008. Behind Rushdie is a giant video feed of himself, yet it seems to be lagging quite a lot: the huge video Salman Rushdie is looking down and thinking, while the real-life Salman Rushdie is looking up and speaking. Salman Rushdie was born in 1947, so he turned 61 the year this photo was taken.