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Camilla forces U-turn in Roald Dahl censorship row

The Queen Consort let it be known that she championed the right of freedom of expression at a speech at Clarence House

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl: ‘Classic Collection’ to ‘keep original works in print’ in wake of editing row

The classic collection will sit alongside the newly-released Roald Dahl books for young readers, which have been rewritten to cater for the sensitivities of modern audiences

Evening Standard

Puffin UK says it will now keep Roald Dahl's stories in print without changes

It follows controversy over changes to his original works

Wales Online

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Digested week: Sunak loses his nerve on Brexit deal as Johnson hints at trouble

Plus, Liz Truss returns, uproar over Roald Dahl rewrites and why everything is too much trouble for Thérèse Coffey

The Guardian - UK

The Ferguson Report: Irony declared dead as publisher announces ‘sensitivity rewrite’ of 1984

The classic political novel 1984 will be rewritten by Inclusion And Diversity specialists who think they know better than George Orwell.

The New Daily

Edinburgh graffiti mocking rewrites of Roald Dahl's classic books appears overnight

New artwork has appeared on the Sighthill Roundabout underpass, which appears to take issue with the rewriting of classic Roald Dahl books - with street artist Rebel Bear taking credit.

Edinburgh Live

Editorial: Progressives have a First Amendment problem

To hear progressives tell it, attacks on free speech come almost exclusively from right-wing book burners eager to control the contents of public school libraries. In particular, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his assaults on woke pedagogy tickle their neck hairs.

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What the papers say – February 24

The Queen Consort’s defence of Roald Dahl features on several front pages.

The Independent UK

Queen Consort criticises Roald Dahl changes

Queen Consort Camilla appeared to criticise the changes made to Roald Dahl books, urging authors to resist curbs on “freedom of expression”.

The New Daily

Queen Camilla appears to wade into Roald Dahl censorship row with dig at 'woke' rewriting

Camilla appeared to wade into a 'censorship' row over changes made to classic author Roald Dahl's books and urged authors to resist curbs on their freedom of expression

Daily Mirror

Roald Dahl’s mean and nasty books don’t deserve all this attention

Letters: Chris Townsend, Anthony Lawton and others weigh in on the decision to edit the author’s books to make them less offensive to a modern audience

The Guardian - UK

UK fury as Roald Dahl books rewritten, but French publishers say ‘non’ to edits

French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children’s books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author’s UK publisher.

France 24

Queen Consort urges writers to ‘roar like a lion’ at book charity launch

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Booker Prize winner Ben Okri and writer and TV presenter Richard Osman were among the guests.

The Independent UK

The 6 most glaring edits to Roald Dahl’s books by publisher Puffin

Author’s children’s stories have been rewritten to remove language deemed problematic

The Independent UK

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Camilla tells authors to ‘remain true to calling’ amid Roald Dahl row

Speech during reception for queen consort’s online book club follows backlash against rewrites of Dahl’s books

The Independent UK

Queen Consort attacks censorship of authors as Roald Dahl row rages

Camilla urges writers to ‘remain true to your calling’

The Conversation

I was an adoring Dahl fan as a child but let's not reissue them for a new generation

If children are built, in part, by the books they’re raised on, then I was all Roald Dahl. From my small bedroom in suburban Essex, his stories allowed me to try on new and distinctly more exciting lives for size.

The Conversation

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.

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The Independent UK

Camilla appears to criticise Roald Dahl book edits: ‘Enough said’

Publisher Puffin removed hundreds of words such as ‘fat’ and ‘flabby’ from beloved Dahl titles

Evening Standard

OPINION - Changing Roald Dahl’s words is an act of cowardice and we all know it

Inclusivity is a good thing. No one in our society should be made to feel left out because of who they are. We should all be mindful of gratuitously offending anyone. But increasingly this thoughtful principle has turned into a thoughtless obligation — and this has severely damaging ramifications for…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Right-wing culture warriors say wokeness is dead. They can't even define it

Across the intellectual heavens, the cry is heard: "Wokeness is dead."

ABC News

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.

Salon

Bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl

There are issues with the children’s book writer, but they’re not the words “fat" or "men"

Evening Standard

Best unisex costume ideas for World Book Day: From medieval knights to golden tickets

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Manchester Evening News

'Absurd censorship': Roald Dahl's books have been rewritten, these are the changes and why

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