Topic: Roald Dahl

Tony Parsons on the problem of 'devil owners' rather than 'devil dogs'

Daily Mirror, UK - 18 days ago
The Devil is in the dog owner (pic: DM) . . THERE are a lot of drooling, snarling, dangerous animals sniffing around our parks and streets - and...

‘Famous names who snubbed UK honors’

Today's Zaman, Turkey - 18 days ago
Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. . But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret...

List of honours rebels published

Daily Star, UK - 18 days ago
The author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among more than 250 people who turned down honours from the Queen between 1951 and 1999 ...

UK forced to list people who rejected royal honors

NBC 4 Albuquerque (KOB) - 18 days ago
British authorities have released a list of the more than 250 people who rejected royal honors over the past half century.. . The Cabinet Office's ...

Hitchcock, Dahl snubbed British honours

AdelaideNow, Australia - 19 days ago
FILM director Alfred Hitchcock, author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among the people who have snubbed honours from the British monarch ...

Roald Dahl and the dream letter

Guardian, UK - 19 days ago
Writ large ... Thames TV's version of Roald Dahl's The BFG. Photograph: FremantleMedia Ltd/Rex Feature . Why write a letter when a Facebook status...

Alfred Hitchcock - Alfred Hitchcock And Roald Dahl Turned Down Queen's Honours

ContactMusic Ltd - 19 days ago
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock author Roald Dahl and artist Lucian Freud are among the famous faces who have previously rejected honours from...

Why Do Artists Decline Royal Honors?

ArtsJournal - 19 days ago
"From Lucian Freud to Roald Dahl, creative talents have long been rejecting honours from the Queen. But why? Maybe they just don t want to be part...

Dahl, Hitchcock, Freud: UK Reveals Those who Refused Honors From the Queen

The Inquisitr - 19 days ago
Every year in Britain, hundreds of people are awarded an OBE, CBE or knighthood in the New Year or Birthday Honours list. But not everybody is...

Ian Rankin: Where I write

The Afterword - 118 days ago
Ian Rankin is the author of the bestselling Inspector Rebus series, which ended in 2007 with the publication of Exit Music. The Scottish crime...