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Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is adapting Enid Blyton's Famous Five – and we’re as confused as you are

He’s swapping ultra-violent thrillers for children's books

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Famous Five head to BBC for new series based on Enid Blyton classics

The BBC has announced filming on a new Famous Five series, based on the Enid Blyton series of children's books, is now underway.

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Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit story originated in African folktales, expert argues

The unacknowledged debt Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans deserves to be recognised, says scholar

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OPINION - I thought my life would change when I left London, but I was wrong

Six years ago, I moved from Gospel Oak to Penzance, which was yesterday named one of the best places to live in the South-West. I wasn’t in Penzance to celebrate yesterday — not that the Cornish would celebrate, they know their home is special — but in Gospel Oak, staring…

Evening Standard

The Roald Dahl problem: Is it right to remove disturbing language from works of literature?

Bookmark: Once again, the books of Roald Dahl have been rewritten to remove words and phrases that might offend.

Tribune News Service

Roald Dahl: A brief history of sensitivity edits to children’s literature

Puffin Books have worked with the consultancy Inclusive Minds (who say they help publishers, authors and illustrators work towards authentic inclusion, accessibility, and diverse representation) to revise some of the language used in Roald Dahl’s books for children, more than 100 years after his birth.

The Conversation

Revisions to Roald Dahl's books stoke anger about censorship, but authors say change is justified

Roald Dahl's UK publisher releases a statement on revisions to his books, prompting some bestselling authors to share their thoughts about changing works to suit modern sensitivities.

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Roald Dahl rewrites: rather than bowdlerising books on moral grounds we should help children to navigate history

Although several of his best-known children’s books were first published in the 1960s, Roald Dahl is among the most popular authors for young people today. The recent decision by publisher Puffin, in conjunction with The Roald Dahl Story Company, to make several hundred revisions to new editions of his novels…

The Conversation

Graphic novelist Deena Mohamed: ‘People seem to love how Egyptian my work is’

The author of the hit Cairo-set novel – set to be a future classic – on going viral with her first web comic and growing up reading Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie

The Guardian - UK

Best books to buy for children this Christmas

Capture the big imaginations of the little people in your life with these magical reads. Melanie McDonagh rounds up her favourites

Evening Standard

Emmerdale's Harriet star Katherine Dow Blyton’s real life - Corrie past and famous family

Following the death of the beloved Harriet, we take a look at the real life of Harriet actress Katherine Dow Blyton’s life off screen after 10 years in Emmerdale

Daily Mirror

The Famous Five: A New Musical review – lashings of vim

This co-production with Chichester Festival theatre nails the atmosphere and the performances, if not Enid Blyton’s knack for a good plot

The Guardian - UK

The Famous Five review: forget shipwrecks and spies – the fate of humanity now lies in their hands

Brisk direction, plucky performances and complex lyrics propel this original adaptation, as the hunt for a source of renewable energy comes under threat

The Guardian - UK

Enid Blyton and Souza showed out

PUNE: Enid Blyton and Souza showed out when the horses were exercised here on Sunday (Sept. 25) morn

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‘Childhood holidays everyone wishes they had’: the Famous Five return in a musical

Enid Blyton’s adventurers roam the stage in a new show that considers the climate crisis, gender identity and the impact of the pandemic on children

ABC News

Five memorable trees in books we love, from The Magic Faraway Tree to Too Much Lip

Trees – majestic, mysterious and, as we are beginning to understand, wonderfully sophisticated and complex – play a powerful role in the stories we tell.

Daily Mirror

Enid Blyton biographer says she would be 'horrified' at changes made to 'racist' books

The prolific children's author may have captured the hearts of generations of children - but 'by today’s definition she was both racist and sexist' and publishers have made edits to her classic books

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‘I avoid them whenever possible’: the children’s authors who don’t like kids

Raymond Briggs is the latest in a long line of writers revealed to have had little interest in children

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The Hindu

Victorious Sermon for main event

Pune: The six-year-old gelding Victorious Sermon, who is in good shape as evidenced by his track per

The Hindu

A Star Is Born, Enid Blyton, Alpha Domino, Star Domination and Darwin impress

BENGALURU: A Star Is Born, Enid Blyton, Alpha Domino, Star Domination and Darwin impressed when the

The Guardian - UK

The Undeclared War review – Enid Blyton could have written this cybersecurity drama

Adrian Lester, Simon Pegg and the Mark Rylance star in a glacially paced show where GCHQ staff seem like bored office workers, and the one-note dialogue feels like something from a kids’ novel

The Hindu

Stormy Ocean, Ballerina, and Enid Blyton excel

BENGALURU: Stormy Ocean, Ballerina, and Enid Blyton excelled when the horses were exercised here on

Evening Standard

Best books to gift for the literary person in your life

Unleash their inner bookworm with these special edition books and literary treats

Leeds Live

The 'Enid Blyton' Leeds town that was my childhood playground and still has so much to offer

Garforth has a lot to offer, especially to those who choose to live there

Daily Mirror

Gran mortified as she sends child to school with 'adults-only' book to show friends

Sue Mackay, 60, innocently brought Five Get Gran Online for little Skyla-Rae Muttram thinking it was part of the Famous Five series and was shocked to learn she bought a spoof version

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