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8 January 2025

Inside the Royal Society of Literature’s civil war

Amid allegations of censorship, secrecy and elitism, the 300-year-old institution is tearing itself apart.

By Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on 2 March 2024. It was republished on 8 January following the announcement that the society’s director, Molly Rosenberg, and the society’s chair, Daljit Nagra, will step down. on 15 January Nagra is expected to reveal the findings of a review into the society’s governance.

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