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Self-critical and often fearing his efforts were “utter rubbish”, the sci-fi writer he had nearly given up after years of dreaming of working on Doctor Who scripts

Singer Natalie Rushdie said her pal Dame Deborah, who died last June aged 40 after inspiring thousands during her battle with bowel cancer, would have been 'blown away' by the royal's support

The author, who was left blind in one eye after a knife attack last August, surprised guests at the PEN America Literary Gala, and told them: 'It's nice to be back, as opposed to not being back, which was also a possibility'

Sir Salman Rushdie, 75, was left blind in one eye and with severe nerve damage in his left hand after an attack at a literary event in New York last year in which he was stabbed

Sir Salman Rushdie, who wrote the controversial novel The Satanic Verses, was attacked at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on August 12 last year by 24-year-old Hadi Matar