Blyton Weblinks
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| Write and Wrong An opinion piece from The Times showing censorship and editing from the point of view of author Anne Fine. (Added 2007-08-29) |
| PC brigade are Golly wallies Story from The Sun Online after they had a small poll about gollywogs, surveying people of different ethnicities about their views on the humble golly. According to the article, the poll showed that most people think the whole golly debate is a bit ridiculous. (Added 2007-03-29) |
| Not in front of the children An article from The Guardian about politically incorrect characters in childrens' literature, including Blyton. (Added 2006-08-24) |
| Clear Orf, Political Correctness A very indepth article about political incorrectness in Blyton books by a Cambridge student who did a dissertation on Enid Blyton. From The Times of India. (Added 2006-08-24) |
| Enid Blyton: No More Dick, No More Fanny An article from The Friday Thing about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-07-07) |
| Righteous Rewrites on Enid Blyton An article from the Herald Sun about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-07-07) |
| PC or not to PC? That Is The Question An article from The News And Star about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-07-07) |
| Naughty children meet naughty publishers? An article from the ABC Australia about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| What's the story Enid? Bowing to the PC brigade is a real mystery An article from the Belfast Telegraph about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| In the land of Do-As-You-Please An article with replies from readers, from The Guardian, about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| Chasing headlines is criminal neglect An article from The Telegraph in the Opinion section about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. Click on "'Sanitising' Enid Blyton will just put children off reading" at the top of the article to go straight to the relevant section. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| Five go and do ironing Am article from The Sun about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| Five Have an Awfully PC Adventure An article from The Times (I believe it's the one that started all this!) about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| Terror in toytown An article about the latest PC changes in Blyton books. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| Row Faster, George! The PC Meddlers Are Chasing Us! An article about the latest PC changes in Blyton books - reportedly written by Barbara Stoney (Enid's biographer) but according to The Enid Blyton Society it was actually written by a Daily Mail journalist after a telephone interview with Ms. Stoney. (Added 2006-06-29) |
| So What Planet Are They On? More PC "updates" gone mad. The latest story is about Doctor Who, but also makes mention of other over-the-top PC character changes including harassed little Noddy, The Famous Five, Winnie The Pooh (Christopher Robin's morphing into a girl!), Thomas the Tank Engine, Robin Hood, the demise of Speedy Gonzales, the de-cookie-ing of Cookie Monster and even poor old Miss Marple isn't excluded. (Added 2006-04-05) |
| Police seize golliwogs from shop after racism claim A report from the Telegraph: Police seized three golliwogs from a shop window display after a passer-by complained that they were racist. PC gone mad, or is it completely understandable? (Added 2006-03-16) |
| Good people have open faces with wide-spaced eyes and straight noses. Villains always have thin faces - like mine An opinion piece from The Guardian by Maureen Lipman about the stereotypes in books, focusing on Blyton. (Added 2006-02-21) |
| In Defence of The Golly A page dedicated to the Golliwog and defending him against recent PC alterations in books. A history of the golliwog, some very good illustrative pictures of the removal of the gollies from Noddy books and his sometimes unusual replacements. (Added 2006-01-17) |
| On This Day - January 2nd An "On This Day" listing, the final one being 1987: "The publishers of Enid Blyton's Noddy books bowed to pressure groups and agreed to expunge all "racism" from them. Gollywogs would now become neutral gnomes." (Added 2006-01-17) |
| The thought police and children's literature A short article on a writers' website about political correctness and Blyton. (Added 2006-01-10) |
| Enid Blyton - The File Room A short description of Blyton censorship of her books by English libraries. (Added 2005-08-20) |
| Wikipedia - Enid Blyton A Wikipedia entry for Blyton, which explores some of the controversies and covers a few of the more popular series. (Added 2005-07-28) |
| Golly! Blyton 'is not guilty of race slurs' An article on golliwogs in Blyton, their racial connotations, and political correctness. Interesting read. (Added 2005-07-28) |
| The Life and Works of Enid Blyton A very interesting article, including some criticism and claims of sexism. (Added 2005-07-28) |
| Hurrah for Little Noddy by Enid Blyton, Reviewed by Peter Hawes A well written, but occasionally slightly distasteful review/article that explores the changes Noddy has undergone to satisfy emerging political correctness. (Added 2005-07-28) |
| The History and Meaning of Gollywogs A write-up of the history of the golliwog, and also the appearance of golliwogs in Blyton books, along with cover scans of Noddy books where the golliwogs have mysteriously disappeared. (Added 2005-07-28) |
| The Works of Enid Blyton An article by Teri Kovaks about Blyton for the International Golliwog Collectors Club Newsletter. Well written, and covers several aspects of Blyton's work, not just golliwogs. (Added 2005-07-28) |
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