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BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake. a b "Roald & Beatrix is a slow-burning, yet heart-warming Christmas tonic for fans of all ages, 24 December 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020 . Retrieved 6 October 2022. As an elementary-school student, Dahl develops a love of candy but a dislike of Mrs. Pratchett, the unpleasant woman who runs the candy shop. He puts a dead mouse in her jar of gobstoppers, a prank he and his friends are punished for by their school Headmaster, Mr. Coombes. With Pratchett egging him on, Coombes strikes the boys' bottoms with a rattan cane. The incident enrages Sofie, who decides she will send Dahl to an actual English school, not a Welsh one. Gould, Gordon (5 September 1971). "His fables for children give 'Mr Patricia Neal' edge in Dahl house". The Los Angeles Times. p.12.

Burton, Tim (2006). Mark Salisbury (ed.). Burton on Burton (2nd Reviseded.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-571-22926-0. According to Dahl's autobiography, Boy: Tales of Childhood, a friend named Michael was viciously caned by headmaster Geoffrey Fisher. Writing in that same book, Dahl reflected: "All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed literally to wound other boys, and sometimes quite severely... I couldn't get over it. I never have got over it." [40] Fisher was later appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, and he crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. However, according to Dahl's biographer Jeremy Treglown, [41] the caning took place in May 1933, a year after Fisher had left Repton; the headmaster was in fact J. T. Christie, Fisher's successor as headmaster. Dahl said the incident caused him to "have doubts about religion and even about God". [42] He viewed the brutality of the caning as being the result of the headmaster's enmity towards children, an attitude Dahl would later attribute to the Grand High Witch in The Witches who exclaims that "children are rrreee-volting!". [37]Wes Anderson Speaks Out Against Roald Dahl Book Censorship in Venice". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 3 September 2023. Roald Dahl Day celebrations". Roald Dahl Museum (roalddahlmuseum.org). Archived from the original on 8 September 2009 . Retrieved 16 September 2014.

First look at Roald & Beatrix starring Dawn French with special cameo from Bill Bailey, 17 November 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020 . Retrieved 6 October 2022. Despite this somewhat light-hearted account, Dahl also noted that, ultimately, Vichy forces killed four of the nine Hurricane pilots in his squadron. Describing the Vichy forces as "disgusting", he stated that "... thousands of lives were lost, and I for one have never forgiven the Vichy French for the unnecessary slaughter they caused." [65]Roald writes about different confectionery, his love of sweets, his fascination with the local sweet shop ( 11 High Street, Llandaff), and in particular, about the free samples of Cadbury chocolate bars given to him and his schoolmates much later when he was a pupil at Repton School. Young Dahl dreamt of working as an inventor for Cadbury, an idea he said later inspired Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, eventually published in the early 1960s. Some of the sweets he enjoyed as a child were lemon sherbets, pear drops, and liquorice boot laces. Roy, Nilanjana (24 February 2023). "The case against rewriting Roald Dahl". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023 . Retrieved 25 February 2023.

Roald Dahl: The fighter pilot". Roald Dahl.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019 . Retrieved 21 January 2020. a b c "Why we love the mischievous spirit of Roald Dahl". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 31 August 2019. Roald Dahl, The Minpins Scarecrow of the BFG (the Big Friendly Giant) at a festival in Yorkshire. Many of Dahl's new words are spoken by the character. [129] UK world's best selling children author on Gibraltar stamps". World Stamp News (worldstampnews.com). 15 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 . Retrieved 28 January 2011. a b Murphy, Simon (6 November 2018). "Royal Mint rejected Roald Dahl coin over antisemitic views". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023 . Retrieved 7 November 2018.

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When is Roald and Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse on TV?, 30 November 2020". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020 . Retrieved 6 October 2022. Palfrey, Colin (2006). Cardiff Soul: An Underground Guide to the City. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-0-86243-909-5. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 5 October 2016. Conant, Jennet (2008). The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-8032-4. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 23 September 2020. The New Elizabethans – Roald Dahl". BBC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2012 . Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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