Nigella Lawson has recalled the bizarre moment that MI5 stormed her kitchen after mistakenly fearing there had been an “assassination attempt” against Salman Rushdie.
Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslim communities in several countries.
In the UK, The Satanic Verses received positive reviews and was a 1988 Booker Prize finalist.
They all then stormed into the kitchen in an instant, so that probably is one of the worst blunders.”