Anthony Horowitz says Roald Dahl publishers ‘shot themselves in the foot’ over censorship row

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Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz has said he is against “tampering” with the works of dead writers, amid an ongoing row over sensitivity readers.

In recent months, texts by late authors such as Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie and James Bond creator Ian Fleming have been found to have been updated by their publishers and literary estates.