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Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Matilda The Musical’ comes to Mumbai, here’s how to book the tickets
May 24, 2024 3:21 pm
The adaptation of Roald Dahl's popular book Matilda will be staged at the NMACC till June 2
Poison movie review: Wes Anderson bulldozes British occupation of India in thrilling final chapter of Netflix quartet
October 05, 2023 8:04 am
Poison movie review: The fourth and final installment of Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl quartet has interesting parallels with the first, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Both films share the same cast, and are (in part) set in India.
The Rat Catcher movie review: Wes Anderson reimagines Ralph Fiennes as a new kind of Nazi in his third Netflix gem
October 04, 2023 5:51 pm
The Rat Catcher movie review: The most abstract of Wes Anderson's new quartet of Roald Dahl adaptations for Netflix, the film's ambiguous tone lends itself to enjoyable analysis.
The Swan movie review: Wes Anderson's new Roald Dahl adaptation for Netflix is his first real horror film
September 29, 2023 4:31 pm
The Swan movie review: The second installment of director Wes Anderson's new series of shorts based on the stories of Roald Dahl is a horror film about childhood trauma, gruelling at even 15 minutes long.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar movie review: Decadent and delightful, Wes Anderson's Netflix film is a star-studded masterpiece
September 29, 2023 4:32 pm
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar movie review: It’s a story about greed and altruism, an homage to Satyajit Ray, and the closest Wes Anderson will probably ever come to directing a superhero hero movie.
Dear Editor, I disagree: New and unbiased versions of Roald Dahl ensure that these books are for every child
April 13, 2023 9:08 am
Amaesha Durazi writes: Creating new versions of classic children’s books isn’t censorship — it just offers more options.
Penguin to publish 'classic' Roald Dahl books after backlash
February 25, 2023 10:58 am
Along with the new editions, the company said 17 of Dahl’s books would be published in their original form later this year as “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection” so “readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.”
Roald Dahl controversy: What well-meaning adults still don’t get about children
February 22, 2023 9:36 am
They underestimate their resilience. Instead of proselytising young readers, adults could try explaining how context works in literature and leave children to take away what they will from Dahl’s irreverent and ridiculously fun work
UK PM Rishi Sunak condemns 'gobblefunk' changes to Roald Dahl's books
February 21, 2023 10:55 am
Children's author Roald Dahl died aged 74 in 1990. In 2020 his family apologised for anti-Semitic remarks he had made, saying the comments were “incomprehensible to us”.
Sanitising literature: This is not Roald Dahl
February 21, 2023 6:50 am
There is a patronising conceit in believing Roald Dahl's books need to be censored, rewritten after all these years.
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