and that made its way into the 21 constitution, much to peter augustus j. j's chagrin. the real inheritor and transformer of the j legacy. however, was william j. who lived this house as a contemporary picture, the john jay homestead, which is a great historic site in westchester county. i encourage you all to go there after you visit the seward house, then go south and. go there, william j inherited lived in the house with his father and with the final two enslaved african-americans to receive their freedom. the mother and clarinda and zopa in ultimately when john jay dies in 1829, by that point, clarinda and are free, but they're servants in the house and william jay inherits the house the grounds all of john jay's papers and the sort of responsibility least he feels to write his father's biography which he sets himself. you know, to doing in the next few years and publishes in 1833. and william jay, much later in his life said and here's in using his words i imbibed his words my antislavery from my father and but the slavery that william jay embraced was a much more

please, augustus. my chocolate! >> the british prime minister is one of those that believe we should gobble funk with words. and salmon rushdie was targeted when his book was blasted and condemned him to death by issuing a fatah. tucker? >> tucker: that's stupid. trace, there's a reason people watch trace gallagher. thanks so much. so we don't wish anyone ill really in the television business. it's a volatile business. it's hard not to notice there's a lot of drama at cnn. first, their top star, chris cuomo was fired. and cnn blew up. and brian steltzer got canned. if there was a firing to celebrate, it was his. even we didn't celebrate. now to wreck our day, looks like many don lemon, the source of entertainment for many years is out. he made the mistake of saying women over 50 are not this their prime. yeah, they can have babies too. without taking sides in that debate, the bottom like is it looks like it's over for don lemon. he was not on the air today, which is bad if you're a tv host. >> president biden makes

however, augustus is nowjust enormous — the word fat has gone.ting to avoid offence has itself created an upset. we don't seem to think children can cope with words like "fat" any more. we have to protect children from distressing feelings, and i think that idea is causing all sorts of problems in society. you see it in all sorts of places, and we need to make children more resilient. the roald dahl story company said today any changes had been small and carefully considered. it�*s also worth noting there is a precedent. this isn�*t the first time roald dahl has been rewritten. even back in the 1970s, there were already discussions around his texts. for instance the oompa loompas, which were originally from africa, were already changed much earlier. but these were english birds and they couldn't understand the weird african language the monkeys spoke. the word "weird" has gone as well, and for some this is just about care about words. we want our children to enjoy books but we don�*t want them to be taking language that could be offensive into th

however, augustus is nowjust enormous — the word fat has gone.less judgemental and avoid words like �*crazy�* and �*fat. however, this rewriting to avoid offence has itself created an upset. we don't seem to think children cope with words like �*fat�* any more. we have to protect children from distressing feelings, and i think that idea is causing all sorts of problems in society. you see it in all sorts of places, and we need to make children more resilient. the roald dahl story company said today any changes had been small and carefully considered. it's also worth noting there is a precedent. this isn't the first time roald dahl has been rewritten. even back in the 1970s, there were already discussions around his texts. for instance the oompa loompas which were originally from africa, were already changed much earlier. �* , , earlier. but these were english birds and they _ earlier. but these were english birds and they could _ earlier. but these were english birds and they could not - birds and they could not understand the word african langua

and once you pull up one make augustus one thread, so you make augustus not you then have not fat anymoreokay, the to say. okay, well, the oompa—loompas are effectively. so that thread so then we put it that thread and actually veruca salt, a and then actually veruca salt, a very stereotype young very sexy stereotype of young women at that point. and then the whole story becomes unravelled. ideal unravelled. so in an ideal world, have to play world, you wouldn't have to play with things you would with those things you would probably put something, some book questions children book club questions for children to how attitudes have to discuss how attitudes have changed. but i think in this issue, in this instance, they were too cautious and they went too far with the edits. and that's people have noticed. that's why people have noticed. right. bring my right. okay let me just bring my guests just for a moment as guests in just for a moment as well. toby, what do you make of this? because when rebecca's they're she's they're talking as she she's a successful novelist, talking these thinking

and once you pull up one make augustus one thread, so you make augustus not you then have not fat anymoreay, well, to say. okay, well, the oompa—loompas are effectively. so that thread so then we put it that thread and actually veruca salt, a and then actually veruca salt, a very stereotype young very sexy stereotype of young women at that point. and then the whole story becomes unravelled. ideal unravelled. so in an ideal world, have to play world, you wouldn't have to play with things you would with those things you would probably put something, some book questions children book club questions for children to how attitudes have to discuss how attitudes have changed. but i think in this issue, in this instance, they were too cautious and they went too far with the edits. and that's people have noticed. that's why people have noticed. right. bring my right. okay let me just bring my guests just for a moment as guests in just for a moment as well. toby, what do you make of this? because rebecca's this? because when rebecca's they're she's they're talking as she she's a successful novelist,

it's every day to make sure her son augustus. —— god justice. a ball that. the issue is about... the issue of race has come up, you apply police officers are themselves black. with a lawyer and activist are saying is that victims are usually black. if they're black, they're seen as more likely to be harassed and beaten in regular stop. that's something that the family has been responding to. more broadly, there is an issue of police reform and excessive use of force in regular police stop. there's new attention in terms of how that can be addressed more broadly. the focus today was the hearing on the file that will be followinu. . ~ hearing on the file that will be followinu. ., ~ , ., hearing on the file that will be followinu. . ~' , ., , . we'll even cross that process in tennessee. we're going to relay few details, moving onto the earthquakes in syria. we have had so much coverage on deeply distressing and without you highly familiar with. we're just hearing a few details about the nato response. we are hearing that the uk is lying an io tea

augustus gloop who was always eating and was very fast indeed.d an upset. we don�*t seem to think children can we don't seem to think children can cope with _ we don't seem to think children can cope with words like fat any more. we have _ cope with words like fat any more. we have to — cope with words like fat any more. we have to protect children from distressing feelings and i think that idea is causing all sorts of problems— that idea is causing all sorts of problems in society. you see it in all sorts— problems in society. you see it in all sorts of— problems in society. you see it in all sorts of places and we need to make _ all sorts of places and we need to make children more resilient. the roald dahl story company said today any changes had been small and carefully considered. it�*s also worth noting there is a precedent. this isn�*t the first time roald dahl has been rewritten. this isn't the first time roald dahl has been rewritten.— has been rewritten. even in the 19705 has been rewritten. even in the 15370s there _ has been rewritten

so let's take augustus , sense. so let's take augustus, for example. we're not allowed to call him a nine year old boy, but we're allowed to call him an an almost nine year old. he's enormous . clinton politically enormous. clinton politically enormous. clinton politically enormous. it might be that he's very that he has very big bones. no listen, it is it's not being offended. language changes , offended. language changes, society changes . roald dahl's society changes. roald dahl's books have always adapt . people books have always adapt. people are more fat now than they ever were. but we need to change what i do say , according to his i do say, according to his books, are kind of when you read them, they are horrible . you're them, they are horrible. you're not the one who wrote them, but these are for children. but you're not the one who wrote them. no, no the one with the tell all book to write the book. and reinforces stereotypes. and it reinforces stereotypes. you crazy mental you can't hold crazy mental issue. you've got to change. yes, i can'

so let's take augustus , sense. so let's take augustus, for example.re not allowed to call him a nine year old boy, but we're allowed to call him an an almost nine year old. he's enormous . clinton politically enormous. clinton politically enormous. clinton politically enormous. it might be that he's very that he has very big bones. no listen, it is it's not being offended. language changes , offended. language changes, society changes . roald dahl's society changes. roald dahl's books have always adapt . people books have always adapt. people are more fat now than they ever were. but we need to change what i do say , according to his i do say, according to his books, are kind of when you read them, they are horrible . you're them, they are horrible. you're not the one who wrote them, but these are for children. but you're not the one who wrote them. no, no the one with the tell all book to write the book. and reinforces stereotypes. and it reinforces stereotypes. you crazy mental you can't hold crazy mental issue. you've got to change. yes, i can't kn

and less than a week later, augustus sent letter to lincoln and. in this letter, augusta talked about how he left the country to gain an education. but he wanted to return and join the military as a doctor says, on the top right hand side. so that i can be of some use to my race. augusta was invited washington d.c. to be examined and when the examining board saw him they contacted the war department and asked for his invitation be rescinded because they he appears to be a person of african descent. to his credit, edwin's stanton said no, you will examine him. the doctors then examined him with the hardest questions they could come up with of them called it a squeezing process. and augusta passed with flying after the examination, the surgeon general went to the examining doctor and said, i say, cronin, how is it that you came to let the n-word pass? and dr. cronin replied, the truth is, sir, the n-word knew more than i did. i couldn't help myself. so augusta gets commissioned a major in the u.s. army. he is the highest ranking black officer, the ci

and the good news is, with no guys fell and, they found the bones of augustus gloop.plause] some nice closure for the gloop family. the truth is that a lot of jobs are dangerous. and that's why one new idea going around in some states is particularly odd. >> some state legislatures looking to fill a need in the labor market are considering child workers as a solution. lawmakers in iowa and minnesota introduced bills last month to loosen labor regulations around age and workplace safety. minnesota's bill would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to work construction jobs. and the iowa measure aims to allow 14 and 15-year-olds to work certain positions in the mining, meat packing, and logging industries. the iowa proposal would also shield businesses from civil liability if a youth worker gets sick, injured, or killed on the job. [boos] >> sarah: we're doing great, everyone! they're gonna let 14-year-olds work in mining, logging, and meat packing? those are, like, the three most dangerous jobs! what, they didn't have any openings in the ukrainian army? you know that they have to

in charlie and the chocolate factory, augustus clute is enormous rather than that, and the word polentand it is no longer a weird african language butjust an african language, for example. l055 language butjust an african language, for example. loss of his language — language, for example. loss of his language is _ language, for example. loss of his language is exciting - language, for example. loss of his language is exciting for- his language is exciting for children, it paints a picture, it helps tell the story. talk about more about the controversy and what the publishers are doing now. well, some peeple — publishers are doing now. well, some people welcomed - publishers are doing now. well, some people welcomed the - some people welcomed the changes but a lot of people didn't and they felt very strongly about it. they said that it strongly about it. they said thatitis strongly about it. they said that it is precisely the sort of gruesome elements, nasty elements of the books that make them so fun for children. and after a week of fierce debate, but publisher said they were in the e

the possession of the sovereign of my king sigismund augustus, from whom i hope to be granted and consoledll sorrows by his mercy to the sovereign is essential. here is the consolation. and what exactly did ivan vasilyevich live among the people? terrible was fury. it is not surprising, of course, to take the russian tsar, in the opinion of enlightened citizens, a murderer, a tyrant, a sadist, a birch fanatic, however, in the first zemsky sobor in 189, that is, the establishment of class-based democracy in russia , the troops, the creation of a judicial code of criminal law , was printed by the apostle, that is, we will build the pokrovsky cathedral or st. basil’s cathedral , which still stands on a painted square. kazan astrakhan that the average lower volga region of the country became at least three times larger but he was clearly not a liberal kursky reproached the tsar for excessive despotism of autocracy, held by the russian state. everything and the sovereign is my predecessor and model. i have always imagined him as a model of my government in civil and military affairs, but i have

and augustus gloop is no longer enormously fat. he's just enormous. although if you watch the movie version of augustus looks pretty enormously fat watch. fa. i look to gustus now. >> he can't drink at all.. oh, gusto's be save some for late then. oh goussis please don't dotouchy that. my children must never hands. be touched by human hands. don'.ine don't do that. don't do that. you can see my entire river. please. pleaseu. augustan bought my british >> prime minister reishi. sunako is among those who believe that we should not quote gobble funk with words. author salman rushdie agreese fk things have gone too far and rushdie would know he was targeted for the ultimate censorship. and iran's ayatollah khamenei t said his book, the satanicarge when his book was bl verses, was blasphemousd and condemned him to death by issuing a fatwa. although in this world, maybe fatwa is offensive, and should be referred to as skinny, while that's too good triscuit, there's a reason people watch gallagher and midnight on fox trisko. thank you so much. gallagher.the

and take charlie and the chocolate factory, we have got augustus gloop, he is no longer called fat butis because of all the criticism that they received. some people welcomed the changes but many people did not and if they felt very strongly about it. they called the censorship and they said it is precisely the gruesome and the nasty elements of the books that make them so fun and so popular with children so after about a week of fierce debate, the publisher made a u—turn and said they were going to publish both versions and give readers the choice. they could stick with the original or buy the new re—edited books. and i have to ask you, while you are here, what is your favourite roald dahl�*s book? that would have to be the bfg because the main character is called sofia. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @richpreston. hello there. on friday, we had some sunny spells that worked southwards across the uk through the day. it was a lovely end to the day in cumbria — see the blue skies and the setting sun here. wasn�*t like that everywhere, though. across northeast scotland, across northe

how does it make you feel to be the first golden ticket find augustus, gloopy and charlie and the chocolate factory is now described as just enormous, not enormously fat sweetheart room for later. and remember the cloud man from james and the giant peach. there now cloud people and in the which is a line has been added to a paragraph explaining how the story's witches are bald beneath their wigs. the added sentence reads. there are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs, and they were certainly nothing wrong with that. which is really? and they children. salman rushdie is among the critics. writing will doll was no angel, but this is absurd censorship in books in the dullest state should be ashamed died in 1990 family has since apologized for anti semitic comments he made in the past. the world doll story company said it worked with puffin books to review the tax because it wanted to ensure donald's wonderful stories and characters continue to be enjoyed by all children today. and pen america, a group that advocates for freedom of expression said it's alarmed by the reported chan

the female character is no longer called ugly, take charlie and the chocolate factory, we've got augustusey are gender neutral. why? because of the criticism they received. many people felt very strongly about it, they called this censorship, they said it is precisely the gruesome and the nasty elements of the books that make them so fun and so popular with children. so, after about a week of fierce debate, the publisher made a u—turn and said they were going to publish both versions and to give readers the choice, they can stick with the original, or by the new reedited books. i by the new reedited books. i have to ask you, what is your favourite roald dahl book? that would have _ favourite roald dahl book? that would have to _ favourite roald dahl book? that would have to be _ favourite roald dahl book? t�*isgt would have to be the bfg would have to be the bf6 because the main character is called sophia. let's tell you about some stamps that have been issued in ukraine to mark the one—year anniversary of russia's invasion. anniversary of russia's invasion-— anniversary of russia's invas

in china chocolate factory, augustus gloop is enormous rather than fat.tral.— now gender neutral. why this u-turn from _ now gender neutral. why this u-turn from the _ now gender neutral. why this u-turn from the publisher? l now gender neutral. why this j u-turn from the publisher? it u—turn from the publisher? it is because of all the criticism they received. lots of people said it was censorship and it is precisely the gruesome and the nasty elements of the books that make them so fun and so popular with children. so after a week of debate, roald dahl�*s book publisher said on friday that they were going to publish both versions, so readers can have a choice, they can stick with the original, or they can buy the new reedited versions. favourite roald dahl story? it has got to be the bfg because the main character is called sofia. . ., the main character is called sofia. ., ~' , ., the main character is called sofia. ., ,, ., the main character is called sofia. ., ., sofia. thank you. more on those stories and _ sofia. thank you. more on those stories a

had meant this other rooms were added in the, till the mack erica, and then by the roman emperor augustus and his successor tiberius, who stole useful for so the radio. me a metropolitan museum of art in new york benefited from the u. s. involvement in the bailout it is home to one of the best, a gyptian exhibitions in the world. the den to a one of the 9 temples has been on display here since 1978. the stones used to build the temple have come a long way. the egypt trying to other countries with various veronique gifts. ah, the netherlands received the temple of to germany was given a gate to them unduly temple of collab shop, which can be seen to day in berlin. the nubian rescue campaign lasted a total of 30 years. the largest monument rescue project of old time was largely successful thanks to international support initiative, technical solutions, and the work of thousands on site. i lever quite a few cultural sites when not saved. with the complete flooding of lake nasa, they have been lost wherever and 100000 nubians lost their homes. nevertheless, the archaeological rescue operation

and augustus gloop is no longer fat.mean, these are stories. this is worse. i mean, that's being called fat. these are enormous. these stories that we read as kids and we've read to our kids and as i say, the vast, vast majority of people think this is rubbish. and it's this it's this kind of offence taking industry where people think they have a right to be offended and people feel insults . humans and feel like insults. humans and organisations feel they have to take these actions in to take these actions in order to protect people in fact most protect people when in fact most people want that sort of people don't want that sort of thing grown up to thing that grown up much to this. texts amongst this. those texts amongst the minds hadn't seen minds up most of us hadn't seen what saying in it. what they're saying in it. i mean somebody told me oh the cook the post monkey that's racist because he's monkey racist because he's a monkey as other. go there and other. i just go in there and think a coco pops up, not think ab

augustus gloop is no longer fat. and oopa-loopa, small people. we should pay attention to the author, he was targeted for the iran's censership. he was condemned to death. common sense, things these days, would itself be offensive and be replaced with skinny. >> we want to know what you think. should classic books be edited to remove offensive language? >> let us know on twitter and on trace gallagher. we'll show you the results and read the best responses. up next, why alec baldwin is no longer faces years behind bars in the connection of the fatal shooting of a rustt."" an architecture firm... and homemade barbeque sauce. they're called 'small businesses.' but to the people who build them there's nothing 'small' about them. that's why at t-mobile for business... you'll save more than $1,000 versus verizon. and with price lock guarantee, we'll never raise your rate plan. so you can keep your focus on toe-turns and making sure the sauce is extra spicy. at t-mobile, there are no small businesses. ♪ why is everyone talking about beets? they're natu

at first, augustus had planned to name it. it was it was in honor of the father of the country, the patri george washington. he wanted to call it mount washington, but he gave up on that pretty early. think there were some other properties with that name. so he chose arlington, which was the custis family on the eastern shore here and when he moved in, he carried him lots of relics from mount vernon that he had both inherited and also purchased at auctions. and they included silver and china, the ban on witch washington died and books that had belonged to martha washington. now george washington's books went to the bush. rod. and there was also a fine art paintings. and of course, this has now being stored on in cabins and on the banks of the potomac in all kinds of inclement weather. so you can imagine the risks being taken. but as the family in may and making custer's hosted elegant parties at arlington house he held friendly sheep shearing competition urns with neighbors among them john mason, son of george mason, a nearby

frederick augustus washington bailey later changed his name to frederick douglasss to elude capture. he escaped bondage, arriving in newport in 1838. historian lee blake explains why he could not stay there. >> because newport, rhode island is a slave state. one thing people forget is how involved rhode island was in the slave trade. many slave ships that came into the united states came into rhode island. pamela: but douglass and his new wife do fd safe harbor briefly in newport with the free black family of isaac rice. the rice homestead still stands on the corner of thomas and williams streets and was a station on the underground railroad. the douglasses were whisked by stagecoach to new bedford. blake, who is president of the new bedford historic society, says it is to this whaling city neighborhood,ow the historic district abolition rope, that douglass is sent. he has his first taste of life as a free man in the home of nathan and polly johnson. what road did -- what role did this house have in shaping frederick douglas's life? >> nathan and polly johnson, african-american entre

you cannot call augustus gloop fat. he's now enormous . augustus gloop fat. he's now enormous.ather be called fat than enormous anyway. either way, he's a fatty. fatty bum bum. back in a moment. hello. good afternoon . from the hello. good afternoon. from the gb newsroom, i'm tamsin roberts. it's 333. here are the headlines . president biden has more than $500 million worth of aid to ukraine after making a surprise trip its capital. it comes just days before the first anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. mr. said the visit was an extremely important sign of support for all ukrainians. the president said his country would stand with ukraine for long as it takes. putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided . as you and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president said to him in the beginning, and he's counting on us not sticking together . he counting on us not sticking together. he was counting an ability to keep nato is counting on us, not to be able to bring in another side of . ukraine he in another side of. ukraine he thought he could outlast us. i th

augustus gloop gets work. is enormous is not quite so funny. right guys you so much i think we should let you go in love got to be good. you so much . good. renee, thank you so much. right. flown by. thank right. it has flown by. thank you all of your messages as you for all of your messages as well this morning. up next is gb news with mark. i'm bev news live with mark. i'm bev turner. see you tomorrow turner. i'll see you tomorrow morning hello. i'm alex morning. ten. hello. i'm alex deakin. and this is your latest weather from the met weather update from the met office. across much weather update from the met of the across much weather update from the met of the north across much weather update from the met of the north today. across much weather update from the met of the north today. they'llmuch weather update from the met of the north today. they'll be ch of the north today. they'll be steadily easing the day. steadily easing through the day. but of course scotland steadily easing through the day. but mo

she wrote three excellent articles on augustus that i cite in the book and in 2019 i contacted her father, who was the eminent national park service historian ed barres, who lived near me in arlington. and he confirmed to me that she had planned on doing a doctorate on custos and would have been the first full length work on him. so i just hope that she would approve of the journalistic effort that i made in the last few years. so parke custis lived that what i say is an impactful, unique life. he knew the first 15 presidents. he was a networker. and he attended every inauguration during his lifetime, except for the very first. so his life. 1781 to 1857 is can be seen as a bridge between the american revolution and the civil war. but he's less known today. his house was arlington house was taken over by robert e lee. and eventually the union army and became our arlington cemetery. but custer shows up in every major book on george washington and robert e lee. it's usually kind of a cameo appearance, maybe a little bit cardboard. and there had been no such volume on him, although there are

. ♪ what do you get when you guzzle down suites ♪ ♪ what do you think will come of that ♪ >> augustuse james and the giant peach characters also getting a makeover. ms. spider is a longer black for the earthworm no longer has pink skin it has smooth skin. and in mattel that sensors cut out references to some of her literary idols. fortunately for you i brought my personal copies of two of those important books. >> contraband. >> i read to you. >> did you get that a dark market? what this is a collectors item i'll give you to put on ebay after words. enormously fat and very short shed small ice and one of those white floppy faces that looked exactly as though it had been boiled. getting rid of that and was quite large and very short. a face that look like soggy over boiled cabbage you like the changes? >> no i don't it's very silly how does one become a sensitivity reader? i assume that person is terrible to hang out a great horsey face was taken out of matilda. what i love about this is the left will get on board with this for they will see somehow enormously fat is an issue the meeti

today, the changes reported to being made mostly carrot to descriptions. augustus group from charlie and the chocolate factory will no longer be described as fat. but enormous. the word fat will be removed from every one of his books. it says twit from the twits will no longer be ugly and beastly. she'll simply be beastly. the phrase, a weird african language will no longer include the word wid and instead of a threat to knock her flat in matilda younger will be threatened with a right talking to crime leaves is the will for the novel. these walls were never really there. he knew he georgia life, man, just a thanks very much for being with us. so what do you make of this change to the dal books who and the ra surrounding it? thank you. so i think it is just that bar. i mean, i personally enjoy rolled out to the child. i've got the all to now who's 9. you also, you know, i've enjoyed read them with us. we have these books don't breeze. people into bullies all may start to next and they're all right. i think a much bigger issue if children not having access to books and i think that's

yes, children will still be able to read about the enormous fat augustus gloop . terrible augustus gloop. the terrible tractors will remain in the fabulous mr. fox and the cloud men in james in the peach will continue to be cloud men and not cloud people as suggested . and cloud people as suggested. and if you are so inclined, you can buy the team of version two. so yes, roald dahl's classics remain intact now, but just to be safe , i strongly recommend be safe, i strongly recommend parents, grandparents , teachers parents, grandparents, teachers and librarians to continue to buy the original. i've heard sales have never been better . we sales have never been better. we will be debating that later on in the show. but here's what what's coming up this hour. i'll discuss whether brexit is safe . discuss whether brexit is safe. rishi sunak's hands after it was reported that the pm is set to secure a deal with the uk. this i'll talk with tory mp john redwood and leader of the rejoin eu party richard hewison. then i'll be joined by a royal commentator and, internationa

so for example, in the end example, augustus in the end charlie chocolate charlie and the chocolate factorye's factory isn't fat anymore. he's enormous and so they give me a big fatty. that's what that is thatis big fatty. that's what that is that is very fat phobic. it should be called body positive or anti size. i think , you know or anti size. i think, you know . yeah. so miss trunchbull kind of a horsey face. she just as a face and they've even got rid of things like white. a sheet in case is racist against bed linen i've got no idea what still is a statue. surely that's going to be a problem in 10 minutes as well. statues aren't great. i think this is outrageous. i hate whenever editors and, people who think they know best come in and edit work of an artist. i mean, i grew up on his books and. yes, they're quite brutal, but that's they're quite brutal, but that's the point isn't it, kids can learn about rough the world learn about how rough the world is in avatar form rather than not learn about and then have a shock when they meet somebody nasty in real life. it just wants me. oh yeah

the oompa—loompas have gone gender and augustus gloop is no longer fat. said the review of dahl's language was undertaken ensure that the books can continue to be enjoyed by all. today the general secretary of the speech union, toby young, joins me now . toby, without a joins me now. toby, without a review, these books be enjoyed today. review, these books be enjoyed today . yeah the notion that they today. yeah the notion that they have to be and somehow turned into bland , anodyne politically into bland, anodyne politically correct text before can be appreciated by. children and parents reading to their children today is completely absurd . it's patronising. it's absurd. it's patronising. it's ridiculous and it's an insult frankly to the memory of roald dahl. frankly to the memory of roald dahl . well, absolutely . is it dahl. well, absolutely. is it just wokeness taking over mean we could argue that these stories always been changed. if we look at, for example, old fairytales in brothers grimm and then look at original disney then look at the original

they were changing the roald dahl books, they were trying to sort remove language like you know augustusoop fat. he's enormously fat and they were changing this language. now font is a descriptive word and i and they say the twits , ugly people and say the twits, ugly people and i don't think twits that nice net i mean the ones twits right that's the worst word that i could and that's true. but here they're removing racist references and to be honest with you, with i'm going with i think this is great because you've got you've got to think about it . you've got to think about it. got a whole generation of people who the bond films and what if want to go back and they want to read the books and it just would just feel the small child who reads it and says, wait a minute, i'm a black child. and i don't the way that i'm being described , don't think you described, don't think you should remove references to race like when you're describing people i'm a white british woman call me by my race that's fine without mentioning race at all. i said i've only ever seen the films or read the book. ce

they were changing the roald dahl books, they were trying to sort remove language like you know augustusoop fat. he's enormously fat and they were changing this language. now font is a descriptive word and i and they say the twits , ugly people and say the twits, ugly people and i don't think twits that nice net i mean the ones twits right that's the worst word that i could and that's true. but here they're removing racist references and to be honest with you, with i'm going with i think this is great because you've got you've got to think about it . you've got to think about it. got a whole generation of people who the bond films and what if want to go back and they want to read the books and it just would just feel the small child who reads it and says, wait a minute, i'm a black child. and i don't the way that i'm being described , don't think you described, don't think you should remove references to race like when you're describing people i'm a white british woman call me by my race that's fine without mentioning race at all. i said i've only ever seen the films or read the book. ce