Taoiseach briefed on changes to Roald Dahl book before appearing on Ryan Tubridy podcast
Staff at Department of the Taoiseach prepared four-page primer, including notes on Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot at request of Simon Harris
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Tim Minchin: ‘I don’t think I am a very edgy guy. I’m a married dude with kids and no addictions’
Matilda composer and lyricist has already achieved musical-theatre hero status, and his poetic graduation addresses have now become a book
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Wonka director Paul King: ‘I only wanted to do something Roald Dahl would be proud of’
The Paddington 2 maker’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel stars Timothée Chalamet as the budding chocolatier – plus Sally Hawkins as his Irish mother
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The Movie Quiz: How many films has George Lucas directed outside the Star Wars universe?
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: A delightful amuse-bouche that reunites Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl
Three more adaptations featuring the same team will arrive on Netflix in coming days
Wes Anderson on his new Roald Dahl film: ‘No one who is not the author should be modifying somebody else’s book’
Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel star in the director’s faithfully scripted new film of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages by Carmela Ciuraru - The men don’t come out of it all that well
Hollywood star Patricia Neal’s ‘career, independence and beauty were gone within a decade’ of marrying Roald Dahl
We risk losing our cultural legacy if we constantly cater to changing sensibilities
The trouble with the contemporary ethos is that almost by definition it is liable to change - it always has been. And then what?
Roald Dahl, JK Rowling and Dr Seuss: Language police to the left, book-banning zealots to the right
Hugh Linehan: If sensitivity readers are willing to bowdlerise an author such as Roald Dahl, what’s going on with first-time writers?
Yes, Roald Dahl sometimes got it wrong. But it isn’t up to us to make it right
For all the concern about cancel culture and wokewashing, critics, writers, publishers and film producers have always been mindful of changing sensitivities
Roald Dahl’s books edited to remove potentially offensive language – reports
References in classic children’s books to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race have been rewritten
Dyson gets in the Zone with terrifying new sci-fi contraption
Planet Business: Fake Wonka bars, seized superyachts and an NFT-beating Picasso
In Defence of Witches: a rousing feminist argument
Book review: French feminist urges modern women to consider the term ‘witch’
The Late Late Toy Show: Everything you need to know
Don your jingliest, jangliest elf hat. It’s going to be a jungly Late Late Toy Show 2021
Donald Clarke: Forget movie stars, it’s all about the IP now
‘We are about to visit the most marvellous places,’ says Netflix after Roald Dahl aquisition – yeah, right
Netflix snaps up entire works of Roald Dahl
Streaming service bags its largest content deal to date in battle for subscribers
The Veiled Ones: Not all witches are bad
Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: Dance production inspired by Dahl classic encourages viewers to look beyond stereotypes
Paul Howard: ‘I thought I was having a heart attack. That was how it started’
I’ve been drawing up a list of all the things I plan to eat after my operation has been completed
2021 virtual summer camps in Ireland: Our guide to the best and most popular
Art, science, creative writing, coding, languages, acting, cooking, digital skills – and more
2021 in-person summer camps in Ireland: Our guide to the best and most popular
In-person Summer Camps: Programmes across the island cater for all interests, including sport, tech and art
Irish children’s reading skills improved during lockdown – report
Marked uplift in reading enjoyment levels during pandemic
Online Easter camps for children and teenagers
They offer activities from coding to cooking, from learning a language to fun experiments
Trump adds trans rights to his targets in US culture war
America Letter: Comeback speech by former president includes new front for attack
How Irish is Norwegian Air Shuttle?
Opinion: Airline’s woes reveal hazy status of corporate nationality
Cavan priest will not be ‘dictated to by pagan government’
Fr PJ Hughes criticises State and archbishops for Mass restrictions around Covid-19
Late Late Toy Show: Music, tears, Tubridy’s F-bomb and €5m for charity. What a night!
TV review: As with every Toy Show, the sense of occasion is as big as the event itself
Late Late Toy Show 2020: The one that ‘nearly didn’t happen’
‘My dream is to make this beautiful,’ says presenter Ryan Tubridy of Roald Dahl-themed show
‘My class is really excited about the readathon . . . they were really surprised to learn I have MS’
MS Readathon encourages adults to take part and rediscover love of reading
50 scary films to watch at Halloween
Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits
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Lockdown has unlocked possibilities for turning the garden shed into a useful retreat
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