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53 days ago

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…

72 days ago

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6 months ago

Carry On star Julian Holloway's will is revealed as supermodel daughter Sophie Dahl is left a fraction of his sizeable fortune

Sophie Dahl, 47, was born from a brief romance between Holloway and Tessa Dahl - the daughter of bestselling author Roald Dahl - in 1977.

7 months ago

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

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…

8 months ago

Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards

  • Olivier awards: full list of winners

The play Giant, which portrays children’s author Ro…

People are only just realising how to pronounce Roald Dahl's name - and you've probably been saying it wrong your whole life

Roald Dahl , who wrote books such as Matilda, Charlie in The Chocolate Factory, and the Fantastic Mr Fox, was born in Landaff - a small town outside of Cardiff, Wales - to Norwegian parents.

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