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12 days ago

‘I am very serious about being silly’: children’s illustrators on the art of storytelling ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From The Twits to The Gruffalo and an angry bear in search of his hat… Quentin Blake, Cressida Cowell, Axel Sheffler, Lauren Child and more reveal how they bring children’s books to life

Spread across…

27 days ago

Jane Flett answers our burning questions, what is she reading, what book would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what left her cold?

68 days ago

What links PT Barnum’s elephant with a book of Job beast? The Saturday quiz ⊖

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From the Arconia and a nine-dart finish to madder, weld and woad, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What unique structure carries the Bridgewater canal over the Manchester ship canal?
2 Mela…

4 months ago

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…

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…

7 months ago

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.

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…

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…

8 months ago

‘I am quite tough’: Schindler’s List star Embeth Davidtz on her explosive film about Rhodesia’s final days ⊕

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

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 …

9 months ago

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,…

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