Roald Dahl

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Changes to Roald Dahl reveal our hypocritical attitudes towards children and media

Kids are expected to shrug off a daily barrage of sexual and violent imagery – but are seen as too…

Roald Dahl’s books are nasty by nature – editing a word or two won’t make them nice

Sanitising the writer’s legacy may help him remain profitable – but his books can’t be easily cleaned up.

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…

Roald Dahl’s anti-Semitism was grotesque. I should know – I saw it first hand

When I interviewed him in 1983, Dahl was polite and not unfriendly. But he was a bigot.

I’d still read Roald Dahl’s books to my children, but we can’t forget he was an anti-Semite

Unlike some, the author’s prejudice seems not to seep into his books. But that doesn’t mean we should view his…

How Roald Dahl’s Matilda became an LGBT+ classic

Matilda is a reminder that the family we choose can be more valuable than the one we were born into –and that…

A new dramatisation of Roald Dahl’s Boy reminds us of the author’s staggering talent

Roald Dahl was an industry of one for an extraordinary length of time. For decades, there was no Stones to…