"This isn't any old book. It's got some pages missing and my brother knocked his drink over it, but still it's important to me. It reminds me of a special day when I was seven years old. Altogether, ...

Roald Dahl's career as a children's author began after the birth of his children. As Ophelia notes in the clip above, Dahl's books stemmed from the stories that he would often tell his children before ...

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Roald Dahl spent two years at the Cathedral School in Llandaff, from the age of seven to nine. He then moved to St Peter's boarding school in Weston-super-Mare and suffered from homesickness. At the ...

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They cared for their own pet goat, ventured to the forest, and played in the snow. When I was seven, I decided "I will leave here and live in a place with snow and squirrels." I had to wait though; I ...

Other popular works were produced, such as almanacs, and there was a popular revival of eisteddfodau, a cultural festival dating back to medieval times. As literacy began to spread throughout the ...

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However, the story of Arthur's sword, Excalibur, may have had its roots in Welsh literature. While it was not said to have ...