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London Film Festival says free events ‘essential’ amid cost-of-living crisis

The head of the BFI London Film Festival has said the free elements of the event are “essential” given the cost-of-living crisis. The LFF, run by the British Film Institute, takes place in October and features LFF for Free – a programme of free ...

01 Sept 2022 at 18:44

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Derry school to perform Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda the Musical JR’ next week

All roads lead to the Nazareth House Primary School on Tuesday next for the first of three nights of the school’s performance of Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda - The Musical JR’. Key Stage 2 children from the school have been rehearsing for a number of ...

25 Mar 2023 at 16:33

Movies

Wes Anderson: Works like Roald Dahl’s should not be edited without the author

Wes Anderson has shared his views on the censorship of Roald Dahl’s works to remove material considered to be offensive. The Hollywood director, 54, said he believes when a piece of work has been published it ought not to be edited, ...

01 Sept 2023 at 16:12

Roald Dahl condemned for ‘undeniable racism’ by his museum

Roald Dahl has been condemned by his museum for what the charity called the “undeniable racism” of the children’s author. The Roald Dahl Museum issued a statement saying its staff had received training to prevent antisemitism and ...

19 Jul 2023 at 20:50

Quentin Blake: If sensitive people had their way The Twits would not exist

If “sensitive” people had “their way” then children’s author Roald Dahl would not have written The Twits, Sir Quentin Blake has said. The illustrator, 90, is best known for his lengthy collaboration with Dahl which began with ...

22 Jul 2023 at 17:02

Firm behind Roald Dahl’s modern rewrite transforms The Beano

Firm behind Roald Dahl’s modern rewrite transforms Britain’s most-loved comic

One of Scotland’s longest-running comics has undergone a transformation in hope of being more representative of modern Britain. The consultancy firm who helped rewrite Roald Dahl books to remove offensive material, Inclusive ...

23 Jul 2023 at 15:12

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Hugh Grant revealed as tiny green and orange Oompa-Loompa in Wonka trailer

Hugh Grant has been seen in the official trailer for the new movie about Willy Wonka as a tiny CGI Oompa-Loompa, who has green hair and an orange face. The British actor will star opposite Timothee Chalamet, who takes on ...

11 Jul 2023 at 20:19

Author Jacqueline Wilson ‘very against’ editing classic books for adults

Children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson has said she is “very against meddling with adult classics” but editing children’s books is sometimes justified because young people “still haven’t got the power to sort things ...

14 Aug 2023 at 10:36

Greg James ‘so sorry’ for video about new Roald Dahl book after backlash

Radio presenter Greg James has apologised following a backlash over negative representations of disability in a promotional video for a new version of Roald Dahl book The Twits. In the now-removed video, James and ...

05 Apr 2024 at 18:19

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Roald Dahl’s books edited to remove potentially offensive language – reports

The latest editions of Roald Dahl’s children’s books have been edited to remove language which could be deemed offensive. References within the classic children’s books relating to weight, mental health, violence,...

18 Feb 2023 at 15:49

Salman Rushdie condemns ‘absurd censorship’ after Roald Dahl’s books rewritten

Critics have rejected the notion that Roald Dahl’s children’s books needed to be rewritten for a modern audience. Author Salman Rushdie claimed that edits to Dahl’s books are “absurd censorship” while others ...

19 Feb 2023 at 23:34

Prime Minister criticises rewriting of Roald Dahl’s books as ‘gobblefunk’

Rishi Sunak has condemned the rewriting of Roald Dahl’s books after the latest editions were edited to remove potentially offensive language. Books by the much-loved but controversial children’s author have ...

20 Feb 2023 at 13:08

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