Gay author who pressured Booker Prize to drop Baroness Nicholson apologises for transphobic slur in resurfaced tweets

Damian Barr, the novelist who campaigned for Baroness Nicholson to be removed as an honorary Booker Prize vice president has apologised after a series of past tweets including a transphobic slur resurfaced. Damian Barr led the charge of writers calling on the Booker Foundation to remove Baroness Nicholson from her honorary...