The South African author on discovering Colette, being inspired by JG Ballard, and the subversive joys of Asako Yuzuki
My earliest reading memory
The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss, particularly the litt…
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Enid Blyton
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22 days ago
The Magic Faraway Tree review – spruced up Blyton with Foy and Garfield proves fruitful ⊕
Paddington 2 co-creator Simon Farnaby branches out with adaptation of children’s classic boasting lively performances and some sharp gags
The estimable Simon Farnaby got hall-of-famer status for co-cr…
The Magic Faraway Tree's Andrew Garfield: Our attention is abused by tech companies ⊖
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Garfield stars alongside Claire Foy and Nicola Coughlan in an adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree.
42 days ago
‘What’s under my saucepans? Rage!’ Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield and cast on the set of The Magic Faraway Tree ⊕
The trippy film of Enid Blyton’s much loved novels has been 20 years in the making. We catch up with its adult and child stars – inside a giant cake as disco-dancing elves rollerskate past
Anyone who …
66 days ago
Nussaibah Younis: ‘The Bell Jar helped me through my own mental illness’ ○
The author on taking solace in Joan Didion, discovering Donna Tartt and being cheered up by David Sedaris
My earliest reading memory
The first books I became obsessed with were Enid Blyton’s boarding…
81 days ago
Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’ ⊕
The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters
My earliest reading memory
A…
89 days ago
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you ⊕
Martin Freeman does his best to lift this three-parter, but it feels like Enid Blyton – made for an international market that thinks Paddington Bear is holding the queen’s hand in heaven
‘Tis the seas…
3 months ago
National Trust is accused of turning beach beloved by Enid Blyton into 'eyesore' after removal of sea defences exposed old rubbish tip ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Engineers removed the defences at Middle Beach in Studland, Dorset, last September to 'allow nature to take its course'.
4 months ago
Sophie Hannah: ‘I gave up on Wuthering Heights three times’ ⊕
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The crime writer on actor Frances Farmer’s life-changing story of survival, her favourite self help and discovering Agatha Christie’s alter ego
My earliest reading memory
I was six, and in the lounge…
5 months ago
Joelle Taylor: ‘I picked up The Weirdstone of Brisingamen in a swoon of nine-year-old despair’ ⊕
The poet and playwright on queer classics, cinematic TS Eliot and the comforts of a ghost story
My earliest reading memory
I was around five when my mum first pulled out Clement C Moore’s The Night Bef…