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Do you really have a separate stomach for pudding? Why the body can always make space

The science behind “the second stomach”. You know, the one for sweets

Evening Standard

Choc horror: will Wonka turn the tide on sickly movie chocolate?

Hollywood can’t help making onscreen chocolate look disgusting. But can Paul King’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel raise the bar with a real-life chocolatier?

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Ubiquitous porn is the real threat to our children, not 'problematic' books

Censorship is a beast with many heads. One of the more insidious kinds is moral muzzling, embodied in that recent arrival on the literary scene, the “sensitivity reader”. Commercial firms will supply their sniffing services for a fee (currently around £200, one is told).

Evening Standard

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Boris Johnson deflated like someone had stuck a pin in Augustus Gloop

The jury is still out on whether he is in contempt of Parliament but one charge he is bang to rights: his contempt for the public, writes Jason Beattie

Daily Mirror

What do sensitivity readers actually do? We meet them

To some, they are the foot soldiers of wokeness, tinkering with the words of literary legends like Roald Dahl. Laura Antonia Jordan meets today’s sensitivity readers to hear what they actually do

Evening Standard

Johnson: Nothing will stop me reciting Roald Dahl

Boris Johnson took aim at attempts to rewrite Roald Dahl and the possibility of handing the Elgin Marbles back to Greece.

The Independent UK

Save Roald Dahl Books From the Dreaded Sensitivity Readers

Let Augustus Gloop be fat.

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Race, weight and gender stripped out of Roald Dahl books to avoid offence

Augustus Gloop is no longer fat as Puffin Books confirmed it has rewritten the classics, removing references to issues such as weight and mental health

Wales Online

Editors rewrite Roald Dahl’s books to remove controversial language

Augustus Gloop is now described as ‘enormous’ rather than ‘fat’

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove controversial language

Augustus Gloop is now described as ‘enormous’ rather than ‘fat’

The Independent UK

Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive

Augustus Gloop now ‘enormous’ instead of ‘fat’, Mrs Twit no longer ‘ugly’ and Oompa Loompas are gender neutral

The Guardian - UK

A Fuck-Off Big Sinkhole In A Rich Perth Suburb Legit Swallowed A Mercedes-Benz In One Gulp

It's giving Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Pedestrian.tv

Augustus, Taunton: ‘A classy bistro that will look after you’ – restaurant review

Taunton is blessed with many things, but near the top of the list is this gorgeous little bourgeois bistro. By Jay Rayner

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