Her tales of jolly japes, smugglers’ tunnels and quirky characters – all served up with lashings of ginger beer – have thrilled generations of kids. Around two million of Enid Blyton ’s Famous Five ...

Social media has hit back after author Enid Blyton was rejected for commemoration for being “a racist, sexist, homophobe” and a bad writer. The Sun reports that an article on English Heritage’s ...

A NEW Enid Blyton biography suggests there may be a darker meaning to the author's tales of childhood adventure. Writer Duncan McClaren, who researched new book Looking For Enid, believes she used her ...

During Enid Blyton’s lifetime, the BBC refused to dramatise her stories on radio or television. This was less on moral grounds – there wasn’t the same worry then over the racism and sexism that ...

This new book is about what Blyton did, and, as importantly, what she intended to do, as one of the world’s best writers for children. The author, Andrew Maunder, associate dean in the School of ...

Although her books evoke a particular time in Britain, Enid Blyton has found an unexpected following in India. On the 125th anniversary of the author's birth, Kamala Thiagarajan discovers what draws ...