Another interesting inspiration is said to be Fleming’s contemporary and spy-turned-author, Roald Dahl. He primarily wrote for children, but was once a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and a British spy.

Before becoming a beloved, best-selling author of children’s literature, British writer Roald Dahl served as a fighter pilot for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. Dahl crash ...

The streamer acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company for a hefty sum in 2021, and its latest project is... a game show. Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021—but it’s been ...

EXCLUSIVE: Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book The BFG, which Steven Spielberg turned into a 2016 movie starring Mark Rylance, now is being adapted into a stage spectacular by the Royal ...

QUESTION: What became of Roald Dahl’s friend David Coke ... Dahl’s career as a fighter pilot was cut short in June 1941 when the injuries he had sustained to his skull following a crash ...

Roald Dahl, recognised for his fantasy worlds full of unique characters ... War, Trauma, and the Reality of Human Nature Before becoming a writer, Dahl was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force ...

The playwright Mark Rosenblatt’s Roald Dahl is not a moral giant – though Dahl ... (It’s particularly grotesque from Dahl, an ace fighter pilot who admitted he enjoyed the war). The New York Times is ...

Read our review of biographical drama Giant, directed by Nicholas Hytner, now in performances at the Royal Court to 16 November Mark Rosenblatt’s debut play Giant takes place during summer of 1983, ...

Best-selling children’s author and Second World War fighter pilot Roald Dahl is the latest historical figure to be put in the dock of public opinion and held to account for historical racial slurs.

The thriller was inspired by Dahl's own service time as a fighter pilot in WWII prior to his fame as an author. We’ve crowned 1971’s Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory as the best Roald Dahl ...

Roald Dahl as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force.Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. Today, amidst the rereading that dominates classic children’s literature — even with the attempts to censor and ...