In Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last.
Dr Paul Bell, the head at Horsforth School, was the first person to tend to the stricken 15-year-old on the afternoon of November 7 last year. Alfie died from catastrophic internal bleeding a short time later. The attack happened at the junction of Church Lane and Church Road in Horsforth. A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial for his murder. He admits killing Alfie, but denies murder claiming it was in self defence. Giving evidence today on day five of the...
They had only been married for 11 months when the world-famous novelist was attacked by a frenzied knifeman. His wife remembers the intense drama of hearing the news, and the traumatic aftermathI woke early and alone on the sunny morning of Friday 12 August 2022. I was having coffee at the moment my husband, the Indian novelist Salman Rushdie, was nearly killed in a stabbing on stage in Chautauqua, New York.This was the last morning, innocent and ordinary, before my life was shattered by the 27...
Sir Salman Rushdie has said writing a book about his knife attack was a device to give him back “power” over his own life.
On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He discussed it with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book KnifeSalman Rushdie has warned young people against forgetting the value of free speech and discussed the “very big and negative” impact of a second Trump presidency in a rare public appearance since his stabbing.The Indian-born British-American author of books including the Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children also discussed the attack in 2022 that left him blind in one eye...
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Chilling CCTV footage shows a masked man calmly preparing himself before he stabbed a man in an unprovoked attack. Tyrone James, 41, attacked the victim outside a pub in Station Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He then walked away from the scene before CCTV cameras captured him running back to his car and driving away. The victim suffered knife wounds to his torso and back and was left with life-altering injuries after the stabbing on October 22 2023. Moments before the incident,...
Chilling CCTV footage shows a masked man calmly preparing himself before he stabbed a man in an unprovoked attack. Tyrone James, 41, attacked the victim outside a pub in Station Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He then walked away from the scene before CCTV cameras captured him running back to his car and driving away. The victim suffered knife wounds to his torso and back and was left with life-altering injuries after the stabbing on October 22 2023. Moments before the incident,...
Chilling CCTV footage shows a masked man calmly preparing himself before he stabbed a man in an unprovoked attack. Tyrone James, 41, attacked the victim outside a pub in Station Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He then walked away from the scene before CCTV cameras captured him running back to his car and driving away. The victim suffered knife wounds to his torso and back and was left with life-altering injuries after the stabbing on October 22 2023. Moments before the incident,...
Chilling CCTV footage shows a masked man calmly preparing himself before he stabbed a man in an unprovoked attack. Tyrone James, 41, attacked the victim outside a pub in Station Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He then walked away from the scene before CCTV cameras captured him running back to his car and driving away. The victim suffered knife wounds to his torso and back and was left with life-altering injuries after the stabbing on October 22 2023. Moments before the incident,...
Author speaks at event for new book released after he narrowly avoided death when he was stabbed repeatedly on stage in 2022