Roald Dahl book edits: Peter Hitchens says past being 'OBLITERATED'

Journalist Peter Hitchens tells TalkTV the doctoring of children's books has been going on since the 1980s, and the nation was effectively living under a totalitarian state where "there are things you can no longer say", adding he thought the past was being obliterated.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also condemned the rewriting of Roald Dahl’s books after the latest editions were edited to remove potentially offensive language.

Author Salman Rushdie claimed that edits to Dahl’s books are “absurd censorship” while others said the publishers should be ashamed.

Books by the much-loved but controversial children’s author have been rewritten to reportedly cater for the sensitivities of modern audiences.

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