http://www.leyton.org/2004/01/23/his-dark-materials/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.leyton.org/2004/01/23/his-dark-materials/#comment-7372 leyton.org » Roald Dahl Day Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:10:21 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=309#comment-7372 <p>[...] Britain has many wonderful childrens authors, from Enid Blyton (a little bit non-PC these days, but another favourite of mine as I grew up. At least, her ‘Famous Five’ books), Beatrix Potter, to - of course - J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman (my review of the excellent “His Dark Materials” here). [...]</p> [...] Britain has many wonderful childrens authors, from Enid Blyton (a little bit non-PC these days, but another favourite of mine as I grew up. At least, her ‘Famous Five’ books), Beatrix Potter, to - of course - J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman (my review of the excellent “His Dark Materials” here). [...]

]]> http://www.leyton.org/2004/01/23/his-dark-materials/#comment-1748 leyton.org » Why I hate DJ’s Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:41:30 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=309#comment-1748 <p>[...] A mailing list I’m on drew my attention to a phone interview on Radio 5 last night by Stephen Nolan, with Philip Pullman (author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, my review here). What follows is probably one of the most unbelievably rude treatments I’ve heard of a well respected author by somebody who seemed intent on foisting viewpoints on Pullman that he didn’t share or state. [...]</p> [...] A mailing list I’m on drew my attention to a phone interview on Radio 5 last night by Stephen Nolan, with Philip Pullman (author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, my review here). What follows is probably one of the most unbelievably rude treatments I’ve heard of a well respected author by somebody who seemed intent on foisting viewpoints on Pullman that he didn’t share or state. [...]

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