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ReviewFT Books Essay
Non-fiction for kids: big books for little people
...It remains to be seen whether this will provoke the sort of debate seen in the children’s fiction market, where — some argue — celebrity authors such as David Walliams tend to dominate sales at the expense...
January 18, 2023
HTSI
At home with Lara Stone
...They spent time stripping it to its bones and revising the layout, before moving in with Stone’s nine-year-old son Alfred (from a previous marriage to David Walliams) and their two cats in 2021 – they married...
September 11, 2022
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
ReviewTelevision
Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life — charming portrait of a prolific illustrator
...He has illustrated more than 500 books, working with writers including Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen and David Walliams, and has provided visual identities to some of the most cherished characters in children...
December 23, 2021
Life & Arts
FT Weekend Quiz: hamamelis, Susan Ballion and Dublin’s biggest park
...What word is used to describe The Headmaster and Dentist in the titles of children’s books by Gillian Cross and David Walliams respectively?...
October 29, 2021
FT MagazineJancis Robinson
Jancis Robinson on the appeal of online wine courses and TV
...The BBC has launched a series of them, on subjects as diverse as dog training (hosted by Steve Mann), songwriting (Gary Barlow), business success (Peter Jones), writing children’s books (David Walliams)...
February 19, 2022
HTSI
How To Give It… with pendants, paintings and a tot of whisky
...This year’s event sees works by Anish Kapoor, Jenny Saville and Rashid Johnson up for auction, as well as entertainment from David Walliams and the cast of The Lion King. 11 October; artofwishes.com Iris...
September 24, 2021
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
InterviewArts
Rob Brydon: ‘Hollywood? I don’t want it enough’
...Guests include David Walliams, Will Ferrell, Sheridan Smith and, in the opening episode, the comedian John Bishop....
April 7, 2021
FT Magazine
FT Weekend Quiz: William Blake, ‘Psycho’ and ‘EastEnders’
...In which children’s book by David Walliams does 12-year-old Chloe become friends with a homeless man? Launched in 1893, a few months before Spearmint, what is Wrigley’s oldest brand of chewing gum?...
May 1, 2020
ReviewTelevision
’Tis the season for a wicked send-up in Cinderella: After Ever After and The Goes Wrong Show
...David Walliams plays the dual role of vain, dim Prince Charming and ‘Himself’, a remarkable piece of self-deprecation, given that ‘Himself’ is characterised as a writer who is vain, dim and plagiaristic....
December 20, 2019
Architecture
Drawing on ghosts of the city: a new home for House of Illustration
...It will be based around the collection of Sir Quentin Blake, illustrator of the stories of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Michael Rosen, of Agaton Sax and the world of long-limbed, broad-grinning beings...
October 12, 2020
Light after the lockdown
Light after the lockdown — the future of books
...In the UK, basic rankings — resting to a large degree on supermarket sales and Amazon — point to the appeal of popular titles (David Walliams), educational books and entertaining distraction (lists, lists...
April 30, 2020
Film
Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom on ‘Greed’: ‘We owe Philip Green a debt’
...What about his own friend David Walliams, who also went to Topshop parties? “You’re not going to draw us into being rude about David Walliams!” says Winterbottom. Coogan is more forthright....
February 6, 2020
ReviewFiction
When kids turn detective — the best new children’s books
...The 2020 winners were announced recently: Best Picture Book went to Ten Fat Sausages by Michelle Robinson and Tor Freeman; Best Book for six-to-eight-year-olds to The World’s Worst Children 3 by David Walliams...
March 6, 2020
ReviewTelevision
The Tiger Who Came to Tea and The Snail and the Whale leap from page to screen
...David Oyelowo voices the tiger with smiling suavity, while David Walliams (he’s everywhere) pleasingly narrates. It might be an all-star cast, but nobody dominates the minimalist tale....
December 20, 2019
Moira O'Neill
How to teach your children about the stock market
...I’ve previously written about how rich Harry Potter might be, but if your child isn’t potty about him, try Billionaire Boy by David Walliams....
April 16, 2020
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
ReviewTelevision
Urban Myths: The Trial of Joan Collins — a cocktail of camp pastiches and courtroom battles
...David Walliams also charms as Collins’ dapper boyfriend Monty: “I’m Mr Joan Collins, I have to look the part.”...
April 26, 2019
ReviewTheatre
David Walliams’s Billionaire Boy is a warm, witty musical
...David Walliams is conquering British culture sector by sector....
November 29, 2018
City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
Firing shot started on BoE governor race
...CMA: Sainsda called out Contestants on Britain’s Got Talent know there’s a good chance that David Walliams will thump the Golden Buzzer, and virtually no chance that Simon Cowell will....
April 26, 2019
Nilanjana Roy
Publishing’s gender gap is still selling women short
...Men dominate the top 10 in a list compiled by The Guardian, with only Shari Lapena joining Jamie Oliver, Dan Brown, David Walliams, Jeff Kinney and others — but the overall list has titles by 44 women and...
September 21, 2018
Life & Arts
A not-so-serious man: Orthodox Jewish comedian Ashley Blaker
...Yet despite close links with some of the biggest names in UK comedy — Russell Brand, Graham Norton, Matt Lucas and David Walliams — Blaker won’t do mixed bills or open mics....
July 20, 2018
UK economy
Presidents Club trustees criticised by UK charity regulator
...Walliams, the comedian who hosted the evening....
July 12, 2018
FT InvestigationsThe Presidents Club scandal
‘A boob job for the missus’ — a night at the Presidents Club
...Two guests — Peter Jones from Dragons’ Den, the TV show for wannabe entrepreneurs, and an unidentified rival — did battle to have characters in David Walliams’ next book named after their children....
January 23, 2018
FT InvestigationsThe Presidents Club scandal
Presidents Club to close after harassment scandal
...David Walliams, the comedian and children’s author who was a presenter at the event, issued a statement on Twitter saying that he had agreed to be there “as it is one of the biggest charity fundraising events...
January 24, 2018
UK economy
Presidents Club hostesses ‘should disregard NDAs’
...One of the hosts was David Walliams, the comedian and children’s author....
February 13, 2018
FT InvestigationsThe Presidents Club scandal
Men Only: Inside the charity fundraiser where hostesses are put on show
...The comedian David Walliams was the host for the evening....
January 23, 2018

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