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Dear members and fellow travellers In 1934, as war threatened to engulf the world, H.G. Wells addressed the PEN Congress in Edinburgh: “The defence of liberty of expression, and that defence alone, defines a task big enough for all your efforts as a society.” His warning to PEN was precise. “If and when National SocialismContinueContinue reading “Chair’s message March 2026”