Dahl died in 1990, but his legacy lives on - his ... Here are our top 10 favourite Roald Dahl books and why you should read them, as well as 10 quotes from his books to make you smile and feel ...

Dahl, one of the most popular children’s authors of the 20th century, died in 1990 at the age of 74, and in 2021, the streaming service Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Co., which manages t ...

I telephone Dahl, played by Lithgow, my voice is played by the marvellous actor Richard Hope, and for 10 minutes on the speakerphone Roald Dahl and I argue and debate. Then the play ends.

Roald Dahl is one of our absolute favourite authors; from The BFG, to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to Matilda, he brought us a plethora of bold and brilliant literary heroes during his ...

LONDON — Hailed as “one of the greatest storytellers” of the 20th century, Roald Dahl ... that punctured Dahl’s own life — in 1962, his 7-year-old daughter, Olivia, died of measles ...

Perhaps, in the squeamish spirit of the times, the Royal Court Theatre in London should have put on two versions of “Giant”, a blistering new play about Roald ... side”. Dahl died in 1990.

PATRICK MARMION: Best-selling children's author and Second World War fighter pilot Roald Dahl is the latest historical figure to be put in the dock of public opinion.

Cardiff-born Roald Dahl was a "quite grumpy, rather heroic, very frank author,” says Barry Cunningham The publisher who discovered Harry Potter has said working with Cardiff-born children's ...

When Dahl died in November 1990, my parents took me out for pizza to break the news. I cried. I'd assumed -- fairly reasonably -- that, like sunrises, Roald ... The judge ruled that the law is ...

An iconic Roald Dahl character takes centre stage in the first supermarket Christmas advert of the year, released by Sainsbury’s. The BFG, the 24-foot-tall friendly giant known for being part of ...

But what happens if that profession is the villain? In “Fantastic Mr Fox”, Roald Dahl introduces the farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean who are “as nasty and mean as any men you could meet”.

Watch: First look at Sainsbury’s Christmas 2024 advert as Roald Dahl character takes centre stage ...