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Director says he feels that when a piece of art is finished, ‘it’s done’, amid row over editing of language

Including one of the year’s most acclaimed horror films

The ‘updating’ of Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming works are just the tip of the iceberg

This year, there has been some controversy about the rewriting of passages from authors such as Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton, Ian Fleming and Agatha Christie with the aim of removing potentially offensive material. Some publishers have also adopted the precautionary measure of adding content warnings and disclaimers to books by…

Jacqueline Wilson is latest writer to wade into debate over changing dated and offensive language

Young people sometimes lack ‘sense of history’ to read texts with dated language, argues bestselling author

However, the Tracy Beaker author said making changes to books for children can be justified.

Brief letters: Undead government | French sunbathers and swimmers | Roald Dahl’s AI prescience | Barbie product placement | Election fibs

The 50-year-old, who has dwarfism, reacted sceptically to the British actor’s role in the blockbuster