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…
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Roald Dahl
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Susan Choi: ‘For so long I associated Dickens with unbearable Christmas TV specials’ ⊕
The Booker-shortlisted novelist on the seismic effect of Sigrid Nunez, and wanting to write like Virginia Woolf
My earliest reading memory
Asking my mom if she could stop reading my bedtime book to m…
3 months ago
Sainsbury's brings back Roald Dahl's beloved BFG in adorable Christmas advert ⊕⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
This year, the Big Friendly Giant is joined by a new sidekick, Annie, a real Sainsbury's colleague, embarking on a mission to save Christmas for Brits together.
4 months ago
‘You just believe’: why Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is my feelgood movie ⊕
The latest in our series of writers highlighting their mood-lifting watches is a travel back to 1971 for the definitive Roald Dahl adaptation
There are some days when the only thing that can lift your…
The Twits review – Americanised Roald Dahl is gruesome in all the wrong ways ⊖⊖
Netflix’s animation mangles and sentimentalises Dahl’s black comedy about a gross and detestable married couple – relocating the action to Texas and introducing a plucky orphan heroine
This animated N…
‘I am quite tough’: Schindler’s List star Embeth Davidtz on her explosive film about Rhodesia’s final days ⊕
After starring in Mad Men, Californication, Spider-Man and Junebug, Davidtz soured on acting. Now she’s directed – and starred in – a powerful debut film
Born in the US, raised in apartheid-era South …
6 months ago
Tim Minchin looks back: ‘Entertainers say we want to change the world, but really we just enjoy being clapped’ ○
The comedian on his sickly childhood, what made him leave his home town and his Matilda-induced anxiety
Born in 1975 in Northampton and raised in Perth, Australia, Tim Minchin is a musician, comedian,…
8 months ago
Roald Dahl's original sketches to be auctioned ○
In Roald Dahl's five-decade long career, these were the only sketches he ever created for his books.
9 months ago
Carry On star Julian Holloway's will is revealed as supermodel daughter Sophie Dahl is left a fraction of his sizeable fortune ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Sophie Dahl, 47, was born from a brief romance between Holloway and Tessa Dahl - the daughter of bestselling author Roald Dahl - in 1977.
Dark side of Roald Dahl: Author's anti-semitic views laid bare in blistering new play that serves as a reminder that the beloved author could be a cheat and a monster too ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Roald Dahl 's reputation as one of the great children's storytellers is undeniable - yet the darker aspects of the author's worldview, reflected in the West End play Giant, have become barely less no…