The biggest surprise was the inclusion of the Welsh film, Solomon and Gaenor, in the shortlist for best foreign language film.
Just as the Skibbereen Eagle grandly warned Kaiser Wilhelm in 1914 that it had its eye on him, so film reviewers feel moved to bellow their disapproval at the Academy.
On Monday, PEN America's president, Andrew Solomon, told the Guardian that "the award does not agree with the content of what they expressed".
Solomon Bygraves, 29, who was on bail at the time of the robbery, was told by a judge that his attack on Stanley Evans could have been fatal.
Solomon contributed to NCB research, which was commissioned by the DfE and published in January, that looked at the training and development needs of the residential children's home workforce.
"Solomon Islands' Government doesn't have any clear policies in place to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
"Tonight's award reflects [Charlie Hebdo's] refusal to accept the curtailment of speech through violence," said PEN president Andrew Solomon at the event.
A little before midnight, the well-wined Ukip leader stood on a chair in a small Italian eatery in the Kent town to bellow out a rendition of New York, New York to the delight of his dining companions.
PEN America president Andrew Solomon, one of the few authors who have publicly lined up on Rushdie's side, said: "The award does not agree with the content of what [Charlie Hebdo] expressed.
"Few people are willing to put themselves in peril to ensure that we are all free what we believe," Solomon said.
The Indonesian foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, recently visited Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji, but reports have emerged that journalists attending a Port Moresby press conference by Marsudi and her PNG counterpart, Rimbink Pato, were told not to raise the issue of West Papua, and that a Solomon Islands media opportunity was cancelled.
