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...One answer is that they created some of the great cultural icons of the 20th century: Fleming came up with James Bond, Dahl invented Willie Wonka, while George Lucas arguably surpassed them both by giving...
...openly antisemitic.Some of the changes that Puffin has made are relatively minor: “queer” in The Witches (1983) is now “strange”, “mothers and fathers” in Matilda (1988) become “parents”, “Cloud-Men” in James...
...In Roald Dahl’s Matilda, what is Miss Trunchbull’s first name? Whose film roles include playing L P Hartley’s Marian Maudsley, Thomas Hardy’s Bathsheba Everdene and Boris Pasternak’s Lara Antipova?...
...Puffin was found to have altered the work of the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach to avoid hurting readers’ sensibilities, particularly with reference to gender,...
...What’s the surname of the main couple in the Roald Dahl book that begins: “What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around these days”?...
...James Wolff’s first two books were international thrillers set in the Levant and Istanbul....
...In Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, what is James’s surname? Which Hampshire village is known as “the capital of the New Forest”?...
...In Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, the titular hero embarks on a magical journey....
...A specialist in technology, media and telecoms, Raine has advised on headline-making deals including Roald Dahl Story Company’s £500mn sale to streaming company Netflix, SoftBank’s £24bn acquisition of British...
...In London, chef James Knappett was at the forefront of applying this style of dining to modern British or European cuisine....
...Morgan Stanley’s James Gorman has also indicated a desire to remain at the helm of the bank he has led since 2010 for at least another three years....
...The 2020 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording was won by an album version of which Tobias Picker opera, adapted from a book by Roald Dahl?...
...Law firm Freshfields has hired Brock Dahl, who spent the past six years with the US National Security Agency as a counsel focusing on technology, cyber and data matters....
...In this video, DD’s James Fontanella-Khan explains how it takes a lot more than a pill to ward off activists in the coronavirus climate....
...Masters of suspense such as MR James, Isak Dinesen and Robert Aickman are all influences here, as is the comedic horror of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected....
...(I was reminded of the bits of old food stuck to hair and faces in Roald Dahl’s The Twits.) Also not recommended: trying to drink beer with a mask half on....
...The answers (should you need them) are found here James Walton is the author of the Penguin Book Quiz (£9.99)...
...Ropes & Gray has hired Ryan Preston Dahl as a partner in its Chicago and New York offices. He joins the firm’s restructuring team from Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York....
..., Robert Kennedy and, oddly, James Bond....
...The estate of Roald Dahl oversaw the hit stage musical of his book Matilda (1988)....
...What was Roald Dahl’s sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? In the TV series Dallas, what was the name of the Ewing family’s ranch?...
...It’s a scatty (in every sense) little book, perhaps not as caustically entertaining as vintage Dahl but close....
...A funny, knowing noir pastiche, studded with nods to Chandler and Dahl. Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe. Subscribe to FT Life on YouTube for the latest FT Weekend videos...
...Fidelity Southern’s chief executive, James Miller, is 78. Dennis Zember of Ameris, who will be CEO of the $16bn combined bank, is 48....
...Candy is a treat, the kind of confection Roald Dahl and Raymond Chandler might have come up with after an all-night bonbon bender....
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