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INSANE: Enid blyton | Vintage Vibes

David Shelley, CEO of Hachette’s U.K. and U.S. operations, on taking on Big Tech, defending copyright, and why the future of human creativity is at stake.

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20 fabulous family spring days out in the UK

Join the Famous Five in Dorset, relive Springwatch in the Peak District … our selection of Easter treats will keep all the family entertained

The Guardian - UK

From The Magic Faraway Tree to 5 Seconds of Summer: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Enid Blyton’s classic kids’ fantasy novel gets the big-screen treatment, while the Aussie boyband hit the UK’s arenas

The Guardian - UK

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The Magic Faraway Tree review – Enid Blyton’s more regressive ideas have been traded for fresh, witty whimsy

4/5 The co-writer of the Paddington movies has found a lovely way to tether Blyton’s work to a thoroughly modern world, with a bit of help from stars Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy

The Independent UK

Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy on rebooting Enid Blyton: ‘You can be responsible, or stay true to outdated ideas’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The British actors play doting parents in a new film adaptation of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’. They speak to Louis Chilton about its joyful production, their decade-long friendship, and why the film’s creators took the right approach to Blyton’s famously problematic edges

The Independent UK

‘What’s under my saucepans? Rage!’ Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield and cast on the set of The Magic Faraway Tree

The trippy film of Enid Blyton’s much loved novels has been 20 years in the making. We catch up with its adult and child stars – inside a giant cake as disco-dancing elves rollerskate past

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you

Martin Freeman does his best to lift this three-parter, but it feels like Enid Blyton – made for an international market that thinks Paddington Bear is holding the queen’s hand in heaven

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How to watch ‘The Famous Five: Big Trouble on Billycock Hill’ online and free from anywhere now

Great danger awaits The Five as they face their biggest mystery yet. This guide explains how to watch “The Famous Five: Big Trouble on Billycock Hill” and 100% free from anywhere.

Tom’s Guide

Best shows for 7 year olds to enjoy right now

Our handy guide highlights the best shows for 7 year olds to watch in 2024.

WhatToWatch

Exclusive: Comic Strip Presents…to be screened at Edinburgh Fringe

The legendary TV comedy show The Comic Strip Presents is being celebrated at this year’s Fringe - the driving force behind it, Peter Richardson, tells us all about its groundbreaking and career-making status

Evening Standard

Niall Williams: ‘When I first read Chekhov, I thought: “He’s not so great”’

The Irish author on Enid Blyton at bedtimes, discovering Dickens, and the brilliance of Edna O’Brien

The Guardian - UK

Gill Hornby: ‘Jane Austen created the six best novels in the English language’

The writer on her third novel, Miss Austen, being turned into a TV drama, what we get wrong about the much-loved author – and why she would never write a book with her husband, Robert Harris

The Guardian - UK

Rare collection of ‘incredibly exciting’ Winnie the Pooh letters up for auction

Collection also features letters from Enid Blyton and JRR Tolkien

The Independent UK

Rare collection of Winnie-the-Pooh letters to be auctioned

Letters sent between Pooh author AA Milne, illustrator EH Shepard and their publisher Frederick Muller were discovered in a carrier bag in a loft

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Famous Five's Jemima Rooper laughs 'we were awful' compared to well-behaved new cast

Jemima Rooper previously starred as George in ITV's 1990s adaptation of Enid Blyton's much loved stories

The Guardian - UK

Meet the Y2K tweenagers going where no one had been before, in 2000

Much had changed since Barbara Ellen’s Enid Blyton-reading childhood

Evening Standard

'This is a special place': the wildlife haven country home of late Paul O'Grady for sale at £3.5 million

The beloved comedian and presenter bought the house in 1999 and lived there until his death last year. Now, his husband Andre Portasio is selling their home

The Guardian - UK

Can fairytales and fantasy compete with Fortnite? How to get kids reading at any age

Books, comics, films, video games … does it matter how children discover stories? Keeping an open mind is just one way to help get them hooked

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The Guardian - UK

Notes on chocolate: an outrageous tuck-box treat

A brown-paper-wrapped delight for your child, or inner child

WhatToWatch

The Magic Faraway Tree: cast, plot and everything you need to know

The Magic Faraway Tree sees Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and Rebecca Ferguson in a movie adaptation of the classic Enid Blyton children's story.

WhatToWatch

Famous Five set out on new adventure without Enid Blyton on BBC One this Easter

The Famous Five is returning for a new adventure this Easter, and it's different from the books!

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The Famous Five adaptation divides viewers over this major update - but do you love it or loathe it?

The BBC's adaptation of iconic The Famous Five novels has been met with some criticism from fans for this reason, but do you agree?

The Independent UK

The Famous Five haven’t ‘gone woke’ – they’re just not as tedious as they used to be

With its anachronistic fashions, mixed-race lead and synthy score, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Famous Five reboot has been met with the usual moaning by ‘the anti-woke’ brigade. But it also has a zippiness and thrill that was always absent from Enid Blyton’s deeply uncool source material, writes Adam White

The Guardian - UK

The Famous Five review – this Enid Blyton adaptation feels oddly like the Da Vinci Code

A bit Indiana Jones, a bit Swallows and Amazons, a bit Dan Brown, this adaptation of the 1942 book is a gently subversive take on a classic. Don’t expect lashings of ginger beer

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How to watch The Famous Five online: stream the Enid Blyton adaptation FREE from anywhere today

Director Nicolas Winding Refn adapts Enid Blyton’s best-selling series of adventure stories for the BBC. Read our guide for how to watch The Famous Five online free and from anywhere now.

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