An actor in 'The Day of the Jackal,' 'Gentleman Jack,' EastEnders' and Shakespeare plays, he was the husband of Fawlty Towers ...

"Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship ... and the irreverence and sharp-edged spirit of the original text." Dahl, who died aged 74 in 1990, remains one of the UK's most popular ...

QUESTION: What became of Roald Dahl’s friend David Coke? David Arthur Coke (pronounced Cook) was a British aristocrat and Second World War pilot who fought with Dahl in Greece. He was killed ...

“Of course, I have been supported by so many wonderful people to achieve this” Dame Felicity set up the children’s charity in 1991 in memory of her late husband Roald Dahl, who died on ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...