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Jilly Cooper says Enid Blyton deserves commemorative coin after it emerged move blocked over ‘racism and sexism’

Gloucestershire author has Jilly Cooper backed calls for children’s author Enid Blyton to be featured on a commemorative 50p coin. Documents have revealed that the Royal Mint’s advisory committee blocked the move in December 2016 branding the author as “racist, sexist, homophobe and not a very well-regarded writer”. But supporters …

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