The Latest Breaking News from Roald Dahl

It’s not Orwellian for publishers to edit Roald Dahl, just commercially savvy

The industry is simply updating classics to appeal to millennial parents. The main problem seems to be the quality of the prose, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

OPINION - Talking Point: Do you think that rewriting Roald Dahl’s books is censorship?

Roald Dahl’s books have undergone edits so that they ‘continue to be enjoyed by all children today’, but this has been described by some as censorship

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2023

Five awful things Roald Dahl wrote in his children's books as Rishi Sunak slams changes

Many of Roald Dahl's famous children's books are being re-written to cut out inappropriate phrases - but as Rishi Sunak joins those condemning the re-write, just how bad were the books?

Daily Mirror · Feb 20, 2023

OPINION - Roald Dahl censorship is a disaster for our children

SIR Salman Rushdie knows about upfront censorship: last year he was nearly killed by a man who said he disliked his views on Islam and he spent a decade in hiding after a fatwa from Iran.

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2023

First Thing: Joe Biden arrives in Kyiv in surprise visit

US president meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of anniversary of invasion. Plus, the disruptors who want to make death greener

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Rishi Sunak joins criticism of changes to Roald Dahl books

No 10 says ‘we shouldn’t gobblefunk’ with words, as Philip Pullman suggests work be left to go out of print

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Why are Roald Dahl’s books being rewritten?

Publisher Puffin hired sensitivity readers to rewrite passages to edit out words such as ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2023

Philip Pullman suggests Roald Dahl books should go ‘out of print’ amid edits controversy

Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by Puffin

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

Race, weight and gender stripped out of Roald Dahl books to avoid offence

Augustus Gloop is no longer fat as Puffin Books confirmed it has rewritten the classics, removing references to issues such as weight and mental health

Wales Online · Feb 20, 2023

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

Content deemed offensive, such as references to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race, has been altered.

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023