But his generosity comes with serious strings attached.
Resolution, which is chaired by the former Conservative MP Lord Willetts, urged ministers to "reclaim" the troubled policy from the Treasury by correcting its serious design flaws and improving its generosity to claimants.
While that book revolved around a young man who suffers serious brain damage, the central figure of "Generosity" is a woman ostensibly afflicted with hyperthymia — an excess of happiness.
Appearing before a parliamentary committee, deputy police chief Innocent Matibiri described Studio 7 as a pirate station and the radio distributions as "an unusual act of generosity" by groups which pose "a serious threat to the security of the country".
There are communities who are solely dependent on MSF's generosity and support, without which they will face serious crisis.
One imagines Kureishi – a professor of creative writing – pouring cold water on the time-honoured principle of "showing, not telling", or dinning into his students why humanity's brighter side – generosity, warmth – are of no use to the serious novelist.
These are big, important issues and if Brown recognises talent and wants to demonstrate his generosity of spirit he will give Cruddas a serious job when making his ministerial appointments later this week.
Her stepson Martin Amis, who always writes about her with great generosity, and credits her with getting him reading serious books, said that "off the page" she was actually not that "clever with people".
Privately funded refugee resettlement is an easy way to bring new resources to the refugee program and create an outlet for America's abundant generosity and provide a timely, robust response to a serious humanitarian crisis.
"We recognise the significance of the issues with GCSE English this summer: the generosity of the awards in assessments taken before June 2012 has had a serious impact on perceptions of fairness at qualification level," Ofqual said.
