Roald Dahl family in line for £500m windfall after agreeing to sell his works to Netflix By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 22 September 2021 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 22 September 2021 The family of Roald Dahl, the author of some of the most famous children’s books ever written, is toasting … Read more
HS2 diggers have started clearing a corner of ancient woodland that helped inspire Roald Dahl in order to build the £98bn high-speed railway line. Around 1.7acres of Jones Hill Wood, which stretches across 4.4acres in the Buckinghamshire countryside, is set to be dug up in order to make way for the project. The ancient woodland, … Read more
He was the 20th century’s most famous storyteller renowned for classics such as James And The Giant Peach and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. However, despite his popularity among children, Roald Dahl had a darker side to his character — and rarely seen correspondence with his publisher Tom Maschler has surfaced which confirms his reputation … Read more
Roald Dahl’s family apologises for his antisemitism 37 years after he referred to a ‘trait in Jewish character that provokes animosity’ Roald Dahl said ‘there is a trait in the Jewish character’ that provokes ‘animosity’ Dahl’s estate has signed lucrative deals with broadcasters to adapt his works His family described his views as ‘incomprehensible to … Read more
To Olivia FIRST LOOK: Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes transform into Roald Dahl and his actress wife Patricia Neal in new biopic about the tragic loss of their daughter By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 13:25 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 13:30 GMT, 12 November 2020 Hugh Bonneville and Keeley Hawes channel Roald Dahl … Read more
The upcoming film remake of Roald Dahl’s The Witches has been accused of being ‘shockingly out of touch with what’s going on in the world’ by a disability charity for depicting villains with limb abnormalities. Concerned people flocked to social media to accuse the Warner Bros’ movie of stigmatising those with missing limbs by showing villains … Read more
Backlash against The Witches: Disabled people including Paralympians criticize remake of Roald Dahl classic over its use of split hands On October 22, HBO Max released The Witches – the second adaptation of Dahl’s famous novel after the hit 1990 film Stars Anne Hathaway as the evil Grand High Witch who is revealed to have … Read more
Anne Hathaway gave her 18.5 million Instagram followers a new taste of her Roald Dahl’s The Witches on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Academy Award winner shared a short video stuffed with behind-the-scenes footage from the upcoming fantasy–comedy. The clip gave the fullest picture to date of the spooky character design for the witches and her character’s … Read more
Roald Dahl’s The Witches official trailer was released on Thursday. The highly anticipated film stars Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock and Jahzir Kadeem Bruno. ‘The diabolically wicked reimagining of the classic tale comes exclusively to HBO Max in the U.S. on October 22 and hits theatres around the world beginning … Read more
They envisaged a wedding of splendour in Jordan this spring, with scores of friends in attendance, only to delay their nuptials until October as the pandemic played havoc with their plans. But now, in a twist which could have been scripted by his grandfather — king of the unexpected, Roald Dahl — journalist Ned Donovan … Read more