LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday (Feb 20) criticised the 'airbrushing' of literature after a newspaper report showed books by children's author Roald Dahl had been edited to remove or alter references to gender, race and physical appearance. The Daily Telegraph on Friday published an article showing hundreds of changes to some of Dahl's internationally popular books...
A cake decorated in the style of the Roald Dahl children's book Matilda is displayed at the Cake and Bake show in London, Britain on Oct 3, 2015.LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday criticised the "airbrushing" of literature after a newspaper report showed books by children's author Roald Dahl had been edited to remove or alter references to gender, race and physical appearance.
"When it comes to our rich and varied literary heritage, the prime minister agrees with the BFG that you shouldn't gobblefunk around with words," said Sunak's spokesman, aping the word-twisting language used by Dahl's Big Friendly Giant.Reuters could not verify all the changes across the two editions.
"Our guiding principle throughout has been to maintain the storylines, characters, and the irreverence and sharp-edged spirit of the original text," said a spokesperson for the Roald Dahl Story Company.
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