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 ...

Best-selling children’s author and Second World War fighter pilot Roald Dahl is the latest historical figure to be put in the dock of public opinion and held to account for historical racial slurs.

Roald Dahl is one of our absolute favourite authors; from The BFG, to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to Matilda, he brought us a plethora of bold and brilliant literary heroes during his ...

In the August 1983 issue of Literary Review, a British journal, the beloved children’s author Roald Dahl reviewed an eyewitness account of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. In a strident ...

PATRICK MARMION: Best-selling children's author and Second World War fighter pilot Roald Dahl is the latest historical figure to be put in the dock of public opinion and held to account for ...

Publishing in general has become far more wary, a world where ‘sensitivity readers’ have re-edited Roald Dahl and books can ...

Yet that’s exactly what’s about to happen at the Royal Court, where John Lithgow plays Roald Dahl in Giant, written by Mark Rosenblatt and directed by Nicholas Hytner. In the summer of 1983 I ...

These three extracts from Roald Dahl texts are read by Eniola Aluko, Bella Ramsey and Sir Michael Palin and can be used to encourage pupils to think about characterisation, conflict in ...

Oct. 1 (UPI) --An Ontario library said a patron who recently returned a trio of Roald Dahl books that were nearly 40 years overdue would have faced over $1,000 in late fees if the facility hadn't ...

One of history’s most famous authors comes with a huge dollop of fun. Here’s the history behind Roald Dahl Day, plus how best ...

Roald Dahl was a cankered giant of children’s literature, casting a dark shadow over the pastel-tinted landscapes of a usually benign genre. Famously, he didn’t play nicely. But even so ...