Salman Rushdie, now recovering in hospital after being stabbed on Friday, told a German magazine just a fortnight ago that his life now was “very normal”, and that he would have faced much more danger if social media had existed back when his novel The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, and that death threats to public figures had …

As an old foe stirs in The North, Pusha T lays down the law. Drake, a noted Aalyiah fan, has possibly been ascribing to some of her iconic lyrics. “If at first you don’t succeed, pick yourself up and try again.” Lo and behold, rumblings have already surfaced that the Canadian superstar is considering reopening the battle with Pusha T. Given …