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BBC names 100 greatest children’s books of all time

Philip Pullman, CS Lewis and Roald Dahl feature in top 10

The Independent UK

Wonka: An Updated Cast List For Timothée Chalamet's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Prequel

Timothée Chalamet will star in Wonka as the titular candy maker, leading an impressive cast for the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel.

Cinemablend

Mem Fox's book Guess What? reportedly included in controversial 'book ban' in Florida

Renowned children's author Mem Fox says a message from her literary agent that one of her books had been banned in the US state of Florida made her "howl with laughter".

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Tom Hanks slams the ‘woke’ trend of rewritting classic books for ‘modern sensitivities’

The Forrest Gump ctor said he will boycott the edited copies

Evening Standard

Ricky Gervais has 'worst 8 hours of his life' as he's struck by severe illness

Ricky Gervais has taken to Twitter to complain of the worst illness of his life, and in his classic style explicit style, sharing the details of his ordeal with his millions of followers

Daily Mirror

‘Unproblematic people don’t age’ reflects the stupidest kind of beauty standard

No, Anne Hathaway doesn’t look eternally ageless because she’s ‘morally pure’, writes Eloise Hendy, and saying so is just more proof that – when it comes to ageing in the public eye – we still don’t know what we’re talking about

The Independent UK

TV tonight: how to watch (or avoid) the coronation of King Charles III

Kirsty Young is on hosting duties for a full day of coverage. Plus: more than one mystery is solved in Magpie Murders. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Review: I took my five-year-old to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Cardiff and she was blown away by a world of pure imagination

Roald Dahl's fantastical story has come home to it's authors birthplace

Wales Online

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie to Matilda: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The Back to the Future star is funny, engaging and incredibly candid about living with Parkinson’s. Plus the classic tale of the girl who moves things with her mind

The Guardian - UK

40 best books to read before you die, from Wolf Hall to Wuthering Heights

Losing yourself in a great novel is one of life’s joys. Here our critics Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey pick the books you need to read

The Independent UK

Texas school district scraps James and the Giant Peach trips over cross-gender casting

Trips to see play at Houston’s Main Street Theater cancelled over ‘concerns raised about age-appropriateness of the performance’

The Guardian - US

Tim Minchin says editing texts is a ‘slippery slope problem’ in wake of Roald Dahl debate

Musician composed the stage adaptation of ‘Matilda’, originally based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book

The Independent UK

Tim Minchin: ‘Politics affects my mental health … I feel gaslit’

He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks about dashed Hollywood hopes, the dangers of modernising Roald Dahl and feeling out of step with his progressive fanbase

The Guardian - UK

Tim Minchin says editing Roald Dahl’s books ‘a slippery slope’

Comedian behind Matilda musical says texts would need to be repeatedly updated to keep up with modern sensibilities

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Wales Online

Jacob Rees Mogg 'destroyed' by Marina Purkiss in interview where 'threshold for bulls**t couldn't be lower'

'Do you believe your lies? You never say 'Do you know what, I told you everything would be ok and it's not'

The Week

Judy Blume: the US tween writer finally hitting the big screen

More than half a century after being written, Judy Blume’s Are you there God? It’s me Margaret is finally hitting the big screen.

PC Gamer

Mega Man re-releases add warning about 'insensitive cultural depictions' but leave the games unchanged

The offending content remains and some of it is… not great.

Wales Online

This is where some of the greatest Welsh people of all time are buried

The final resting places of some Welsh figures might surprise you

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Beloved Roald Dahl movie Matilda a popular rewatch on Netflix

Netflix subscribers have been enjoying the 1996 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda since it launched on the streaming service.

The Independent UK

30 best children’s books: From Matilda to Alice in Wonderland

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack

The Independent UK

‘It’s so much worse’: Children’s author Judy Blume condemns books censorship in the US

The novelist, whose book ‘Forever’ was recently removed from school districts in Florida, spoke with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg

The Conversation

Measles has been identified in NSW, Qld and SA. 5 things to know about the virus

New South Wales health authorities have issued a measles alert after a baby who recently returned from overseas, and subsequently visited several sites in Western Sydney, tested positive to the virus.

Bangkok Post

Candy Spa on kids' bucket list at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya

Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya recently launched a dedicated kids' spa inspired by the legendary adventures of young Charlie Bucket in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

Reason

Agatha Christie Books Get Woke Makeover, Join Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

Books by the acclaimed mystery author have been edited, ostensibly to comport with modern sensibilities.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Censoring children’s books is an insult to their intelligence

AS so often, Roald Dahl (unexpurgated) put it best. In The Twits, prior to its bowdlerisation by Puffin Books, he observed of Mrs Twit: “Have you ever seen a woman with an uglier face than that? I doubt it. But the funny thing is that Mrs Twit wasn’t born ugly.…

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