As you can see I’m going to share my thoughts on the whole updating Roald Dahl’s books furore this week. I’m a bit late to the party (as usual) but I have many thoughts (also as usual) so I’m going to get them down before the whole thing is completely forgotten.

Roald Dahl vs the Sensitivity Readers

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Five Are Together Again part 3

Jenny is not a character I’ve thought of much, I have to admit – but having just re-read Five Are Together Again I now hold her in rather high esteem. As housekeeper to Professor Hayling she must be a saint, having to put up with the number of idiotic things he does. Fanny puts up with Quentin, but he’s her husband. I can only hope that Jenny is well-paid.

To add to it she is absolutely right about there being a burglary, about someone climbing the tower, and is even bright enough to start investigating herself – but it doesn’t prevent her from ensuring the Five and Tinker are well-fed at every meal.