
The dark heart of Roald Dahl
A streak of pure nastiness runs through the author’s anarchic, beloved children’s literature – just as it did through his…
ByA streak of pure nastiness runs through the author’s anarchic, beloved children’s literature – just as it did through his…
ByWhen I interviewed him in 1983, Dahl was polite and not unfriendly. But he was a bigot.
ByUnlike some, the author’s prejudice seems not to seep into his books. But that doesn’t mean we should view his…
ByMatilda is a reminder that the family we choose can be more valuable than the one we were born into –and that…
ByRoald Dahl was an industry of one for an extraordinary length of time. For decades, there was no Stones to…
ByHis life story as well as his writings evoke compliments, controversy, and contradictory responses from both critics and readers.
ByHe seemed genuinely delighted to hear that I had, only the other week, electrocuted myself by plunging a rusted knitting…
ByFor all that Dahl can be both bullying and brilliant, these letters remind us who the writer was really trying…
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