When we met it was like two universes colliding. She’s the sweetest person and when she was leaving, she gave me a Famous Five book because we were the two Georges. It was genuinely an honour.

Enid Blyton, once the bane of British teachers and parents, must be the most unlikely champion of wokeness in all children's ...

According to The Enid Blyton Society, she published a staggering 185 novels/novelettes, 292 'character' books (which contained 858 short stories), 1,008 short story series books (containing 8,183 ...

Streaming now, BBC iPlayer Enid Blyton’s mystery-solving kids (and ... and he’s seen that a famous jazz singer is going to be murdered. Cue some pre-emptive crime solving.

Anne Cassin grew up in Balbriggan, County Dublin. She’s the eldest daughter of the late actor and director Barry Cassin.  She ...

Yes, I admit it, I did once apply to be a Lord. There was a short-lived scheme to appoint a few so-called 'People's Peers'.

Childhood lasts a lifetime.” This much-quoted statement from Floella Benjamin was in the news again this week as the children ...

In the UK, a tiny island off the coast of Dorset that inspired Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’ books is enjoying a renaissance thanks to nostalgia travel. Visitors to Brownsea Island have grown ...

“I would look like a Christmas tree if I bought one for every book but I do love to buy jewellery ... of Susan Coolidge’s What Katy Did, Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree and Nesbit ...

We sat down with Irish author Emily Hourican to find out what books inspire her, what she's reading and take a look at her ...