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thestar.com | 2 days ago

'We were told to keep our eyes open and our mouths shut'

...British and Canadian security services to train Allied agents from 1941 to 1944. British authors Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming, of James Bond fame, spent time there, says Parsons, who...

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San Francisco Chronicle | 5 days ago

Friday Five: Your family weekend guide

Featuring scrumdiddlyumptious tunes from the classic 1971 movie, this full-length stage adaptation turns Roald Dahl's best-known novel into eye (and ear!) candy. Mountain View Center...

Liccy Dahl said that, "I think Roald would have been delighted with what they did with James." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a positive review, praising the animated part, but calling the live-action segments "crude."

James and the Giant Peach Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Statesman | 5 days ago

Children's author came to write dark fantasy by 'crazy career path'

...prowl and an evil ruler reigns. Readers will recognize darkly comedic touches straight out of Roald Dahl here and there, and well-crafted surprises heighten the story of loss and...

The Daily Utah Chronicle | 5 days ago

Theatre production showcases James and the Giant Peach

...Theatre's spring production of "James and the Giant Peach" will be performed at Kingsbury Hall. Roald Dahl's beloved tale of a magical giant peach and the adventures of one unlucky...

BBC News | 6 days ago

'What benefit?'

...the line of the River Misbourne, in reality little more than a stream. The children's author Roald Dahl spent most of his adult life here, no doubt drawn to the place by the same...

New York Times | 6 days ago

Movie Listings

...of course, and Mr. Anderson, using a painstakingly old-fashioned stop-motion animation technique, turns Roald Dahl's slender fable into his most satisfying film since "Rushmore. "...

thestar.com | 6 days ago

What's On: March Break Events

Peel Players presents their spring family show James and the Giant Peach, adapted by David Wood from Roald Dahl's book. Tonight & Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 1 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Telegraph.co.uk - Food and drink | 6 days ago

Sophie Dahl: from model to writer to television cook

...to defend her position on most things. She wasn't inhibited by having a celebrated literary grandfather, Roald Dahl, from writing her own books, and she wasn't going to be deterred by...

DailyCandy Washington, D.C. | 1 week ago

Welcome to the Dahl House

In today's video, the lovely Brit - whose knack for writing might come from her grandfather, Roald Dahl - teaches us how to make an unbelievably tasty and simple asparagus soup with...

The Stranger | 1 week ago

Fan-Fiction Writ Large

...inspector protagonist of Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist, and the glass elevator from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Briggs unashamedly referred to the book as...

The Spokesman Review | 1 week ago

Get Lit! readings put fatherhood in focus - Sun, 07 Mar 2010 PST

...winner John Updike, acclaimed fiction writer Maxine Swann and the late, great children's author Roald Dahl. All three stories will share a fitting theme: fatherhood. The show will...

EW.com | 1 week ago

'Alice': $40M at box office on Friday

...in the context of the original text. I suppose I should start to wonder how many children still read Roald Dahl. I still read his sillier stories, and I'm just a high schooler. On...