A DESCENDENT of legendary Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott has blasted academics at a UK university for warning students against "racism" and "misogyny" in one of his novels.
Scott’s 1819 novel Ivanhoe has been hit with trigger warnings for students at the University of Warwick over its "offensive" depictions of black slaves and Arab Muslim captives who are prejudiced against Jews.
But the author’s great-great-great-great grandson, Matthew Maxwell Scott, has hit back at the academics, describing the move as a “coward’s charter”.
