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Verschlimmbesserer's avatar

I just read your article, and within five minutes saw another article about Roald Dahl which quoted you.

"Writing for the Atlantic, journalist Helen Lewis said that Dahl’s work can “never be made nice,” stating that “his cold, unsettling spikiness is his defining quality as a writer” and that his popularity continues “despite being so thoroughly out of tune with the times.”"

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/91601-no-plans-for-dahl-text-changes-from-u-s-european-publishers.html

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Caroline Charles's avatar

That really is one of the all time great paragraphs. A few clicks away, though, I found this (also on the telegraph) and think it also worthy of consideration:

"The Begum documentary was not the BBC’s most complained-about programme this month. Four times as many viewers complained about an episode of the home makeover show, Sort Your Life Out, in which presenter Stacey Solomon moved a family’s pet rabbits from an indoor run to an outdoor hutch".

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