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Londoner’s Diary: Writers have trouble worse than cancel culture, Salman Rushdie says

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Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up Salman Rushdie talks about how cancel culture is dwarfed by far bigger problems facing writers today. Regé-Jean Page says leaving Bridgerton felt like leaving school but the future looks... sexy. Later on Sophie Duker explains her decision to leave her Comedy Central Show. And in SW1A we hear reaction to Dominic Cummings’s select commitee appearance.

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