roald dahl

Stop motion animated films have come a long way in the last couple of decades, and it’s worth a revisit when classics of the sub-genre celebrate noteworthy milestones. Henry Selick’s James and the Giant Peach is one such classic that…

The live-action family film has not had a great few years, it must be said. Paul King’s excellent Paddington films were two of the few bright sparks during a time when the genre was beset with rapping chipmunks and an endless supply of…

Kate McEvoy, video producer, twitter citizen, and former voice of Phantom FM, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Roald Dahl's Matilda, memory, Danny DeVito's film adaptation, Roald Dahl's real life, and digressions into lots of other Roald…

The first Dubland of 2018 starts with a stutter, but we go live, and then Joey calls Suzanne and sorts out PJ's car, so plenty of admin for you all to enjoy. Suzanne and PJ talks about the Liverpool fan song "We Got Salah" and the meteoric…

Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, It's Lit Review time. Events The festival formerly known as the Frank O'Connor Short Story Festival will begin on the 7th of September. The event is…

There’s something to be said about adaptations revealing more about a director’s unmistakable print than original works. If anything, it's adapted films that give the most credence to the auteur theory, because if the authorship of a…

Witches and giants, marvellous medicines, fantastic foxes, great glass elevators and an amazing chocolate factory where dreams are made - Roald Dahl’s limitless imagination helped shape generations of young readers. Even if those young…