‘Updating’ Roald Dahl? It’s the same old story… | David Mitchell theguardian.com · Originally posted on Pinboard

Puffin said they made the changes so that the books “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”. How refreshingly candid. Substitute the word “enjoyed” with “purchased” (a process they’re presumably comfortable with) and we have the truth. There is nothing soft about making these changes at all – it is commercially ruthless.