Salman Rushdie News

Salman Rushdie danced outside the prison cell which housed the man accused of stabbing him

Salman Rushdie danced outside alleged attacker's jail cell

Salman Rushdie danced outside the jail cell that housed the man accused of attacking him.

Salman Rushdie leaned on a therapist to help him write about his near-fatal stabbing

Salman Rushdie wrote about stabbing with help from therapist

Salman Rushdie leaned on a therapist to help him write about his near-fatal stabbing.

Salman Rushdie wanted to be an actor before finding fame as an author

Salman Rushdie reveals secret dream of becoming an actor as he recalls dragging up for a role

Salman Rushdie wanted to be an actor.

Salman Rushdie suffered a cancer scare shortly after his stabbing

Salman Rushdie suffered cancer scare after stabbing

Salman Rushdie suffered a cancer scare shortly after he survived a brutal stabbing.

Salman Rushdie has opened up about a dream in which he predicted his stabbing

Salman Rushdie predicted stabbing in terrifying dream two days before attack

Salman Rushdie predicted he would be stabbed to death in a chilling dream just two days before...

Padma Lakshmi is leaving ‘Top Chef’ after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery contest show

Padma Lakshmi quitting ‘Top Chef’ after 17 years following ‘difficult soul searching’

Padma Lakshmi is leaving Top Chef after 19 seasons and 17 years on the cookery...

Rishi Sunak has weighed on in the censorship row over Roald Dahl’s books

21 February 2023

Rishi Sunak pleads: 'Don’t gobblefunk Roald Dahl’s words’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is calling for censors not to gobblefunk Roald Dahls work.

Salman Rushdie has branded his attacker an ‘idiot‘

6 February 2023

Salman Rushdie brands attacker ‘idiot’

Salman Rushdie has branded his attacker an idiot.

Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye and has lost mobility in a hand after he was stabbed 15 times in New York

24 October 2022

Salman Rushdie blind in right eye and has lost mobility in hand after knife attack

Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye and has lost mobility in a hand after he was...

JK Rowling’s Salman Rushdie-linked death threat investigation has been dropped by police

25 September 2022

JK Rowling’s Salman Rushdie-linked death threat investigation dropped by police

JK Rowlings Salman Rushdie-linked death threat investigation has been dropped by police.

Nigella Lawson's kitchen nightmare led to MI5 ambush

11 November 2021

Nigella Lawson nearly killed Salman Rushdie with oven blunder

Nigella Lawson nearly killed Salman Rushdie, which led to MI5 agents bursting into her kitchen.

JK Rowling

JK Rowling signs public letter denouncing cancel culture

JK Rowling is among 150 public figure who have signed an open letter denouncing cancel culture.

Richard Gere

14 October 2014

Richard Gere and Padma Lakshmi split

Richard Gere and Padma Lakshmi have now split.

Midnight’s Children

29 December 2012

Midnight’s Children Junket

Midnight's Children has hit the big screen and we caught up with Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Satya Bhabha to...

Midnight's Children

23 October 2012

Midnight's Children Trailer

Director Deepa Mehta has teamed up with writer Salman Rushdie to bring his novel Midnight's Children to the big...

Salman Rushdie

26 February 2010

Salman Rushdie Plans Decade In Hiding Book

Salman Rushdie is planning to write a book about the decade he spent in hiding after a politician called for...

Salman Rushdie

21 October 2009

Salman Rushdie Pines For Ex-Wife

Salman Rushdie still pines for his ex-wife Padma Lakshmi two years after they split, according to his former...

Salman Rushdie

11 February 2009

Salman Rushdie Dating Actress

Sir Salman Rushdie has a new love interest - he is reportedly dating a stunning American actress 29 years his...

Salman Rushdie's Knighthood Sparked Terror Scare

Salman Rushdie Files For Divorce

Iran Slams Salman Rushdie's Knighthood