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OPINION - Salman Rushdie is right — the Royal Society of Literature is in a terrible tangle

Source: PA Wire

Sir has intervened in the kerfuffle about the Royal Society of Literature under the presidency of , author of. Irked by questions from some members about whether the organisation is doing its job, especially protecting the interests of , she declared in the Guardian.

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