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“The thing that annoys me about the Roald Dahl changes is how stupid they are,” tweeted Daily Telegraph arts and entertainment editor Anita Singh. “A ban on the word ‘fat’ yet keeping in ...
Roald Dahl once told painter Francis Bacon that he ... There must be no changes to an artist's original work when he is dead for any reason whatsoever.' The revelation comes as publisher Penguin ...
“I don’t even want the artist to modify their work ... Wes Anderson talks about the recent news about Roald Dahl’s books being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive, saying that ...
Perhaps the greatest lesson in Roald Dahl’s books for children is that ... We have mistaken the art for the artist and lost the specificity that makes his work worthy of new editions.
Penguin has decided Roald Dahl’s books can remain intact after all. The decision to publish “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” comes just days after Puffin, the children’s imprint of ...
My favourite Roald Dahl character is Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I mean, who wouldn’t want to experience the wonderful world of Willy Wonka, let alone owning his facto ...
It’s ‘many happy returns’ to the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden next week as the charity gears up to celebrate its 20th ...
Perhaps, in the squeamish spirit of the times, the Royal Court Theatre in London should have put on two versions of “Giant”, a blistering new play about Roald Dahl—one that quoted his ...
Dahl’s family said in 2020: “Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and stand in marked contrast to the man we knew and to the values at the heart of Roald Dahl’s stories ...
This clip was taken from an episode of BBC Wales arts series The Slate, Roald Dahl: The Unexpected Tale, which was broadcast in 2000. As Oscar-winning actor Patricia Neal recalls in the clip ...
In the August 1983 issue of Literary Review, a British journal, the beloved children’s author Roald ... the art from the artist, it’s hard to escape the discomforting conclusion that Dahl ...
This clip was taken from an episode of BBC Wales arts series The Slate, Roald Dahl: The Unexpected Tale, which was broadcast in 2000. Roald Dahl's career as a children's author began after the ...