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Writers offer a masterclass in how to stay cred while resiling from a cause they purport to defend
The Canadian writer and critic on lecturing about Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ and religion’s place in public life
The writer Nadifa Mohamed tells Feargus O’Sullivan of life in two worlds
FT books editor Lorien Kite on Granta’s latest selection of the Best of Young British Novelists
The British author shares a stage with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at the Jaipur literature festival
Taking offence has become a newly powerful type of political power, writes James Crabtree
‘It’s easier for people to grasp what happened to me because it’s not just my story now, it’s everyone’s story’
Salman Rushdie’s memoir of life under a fatwa could not be more timely
We need to rethink what it means to live together, says Michael Ignatieff
For most people, being a hack is the happiest, simplest and probably the most authentic way to live
The Hay Festival, the diamond jubilee river pageant and disappointing coverage by the BBC
This challenging piece of dance theatre explores the relationship between free speech and militant Islam, writes Sarah Hemming
Who are my literary influences? Salman Rushdie. And the poem ‘Snow’ by Louis MacNeice
Novelist Angela Carter is remembered through her postcards in this affectionate homage
Gallerists and artists are rushing to be part of the increasingly successful India Art Fair
James Crabtree on a grim advertisement for Indian tolerance
In decrying censorship, Nick Cohen saves the full force of his invective for violent Islamists and nerveless liberals
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