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- ↑ Clapp's page on RCW agency website
- ↑ Susannah Clapp "Why I resigned as an Evening Standard theatre awards judge", theguardian.com, 17 December 2013
- ↑ Nicola Merrifield "Critics quit Evening Standard Awards panel amid vote-rigging claims", The Stage, 16 December 2013
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