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risktheunusual: Grand High Witch The Witches, 1990

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:28:49 +0100

risktheunusual:

Grand High Witch

The Witches, 1990

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classicpenguin: Not Working author DW Gibson on that pivotal...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:53:33 +0100

classicpenguin:

Not Working author DW Gibson on that pivotal moment in every young reader’s life when he finds himself landed squarely, bewilderingly, and horrifyingly in the world of adults:

“How could I have predicted that this teacher-approved writer would deliver blood and death? … I was naive! And Roald Dahl took advantage.”

Here’s DW on NPR discussing Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter,” which, he says, still haunts him on long plane rides, late nights, and whenever his back is turned to an open room.

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Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:01:06 +0100

devoureth: “You may remove your shoes! You may remove your...

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

devoureth:

“You may remove your shoes! You may remove your wigs!”

This movie traumatized my childhood. Looking at these pictures as an adult still instills me with fear. HOW CAN THIS BE A CHILDREN’S MOVIE?!

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Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

beeancaa: James: We’ll always be together, right? Centipede:...

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

beeancaa:

James: We’ll always be together, right?

Centipede: Kid, you’re stuck with us, for life.

thatswhatimeant: Rik Mayall reading George’s Marvellous...

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:06 +0100

thatswhatimeant:

Rik Mayall reading George’s Marvellous Medicine on Jackanory.

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Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:06 +0100

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Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

"Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than..."

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

“Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.”

- The Twits by Roald Dahl (via effyeahyoungadultlit)

"Matilda said, ‘Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the..."

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:23:05 +0100

“Matilda said, ‘Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable…’”

- Roald Dahl (Matilda)

clickfordetails: Sometimes I feel as though I’m still in this...

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:00:06 +0100

clickfordetails:

Sometimes I feel as though I’m still in this stage.

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Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

"When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have..."

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:01:05 +0100

“When you’re old enough to write a book for children, by then you’ll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you’re an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you.”

- Roald Dahl (via rectumofglory)

ethplusthorn: James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl; art...

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:00:06 +0100

ethplusthorn:

James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl; art by Jordan Crane

thealive: roald dahl by The Alive.

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:11:30 +0100

thealive:

roald dahl by The Alive.

droppingtheball: “Dahl wrote on a large tray in a shed at the...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100

droppingtheball:

“Dahl wrote on a large tray in a shed at the bottom of his garden, perched in a green, wing-backed armchair, an Anglepoise beside him, a pot of sharpened pencils close to hand”

Photograph: Leonard McCombe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

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Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:05 +0100