He also kept a piece of his hip bone, removed during a hip replacement, on his desk, along with a ball of chocolate bar wrappers he collected since childhood. The hut was relocated from his home in ...

Dahl's usual illustrator, Quentin Blake, was "away on holiday," she said, so "Ian asked Dahl if he could help with the illustrations". "Dahl ended up producing a variety of sketches which Ian used ...

Roald Dahl's original sketches, created for his memoir, will be sold at auction after being found in an envelope. Dahl, who was born in the Cardiff suburb of Llandaff, produced the sketches in black ...

Original sketches done by children's author Roald Dahl for his memoir have sold for nearly £24,000. Dahl, who was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen for the ...

Original sketches done by children's author Roald Dahl for his memoir have sold for nearly £24,000. Dahl, who was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen for the book ...

Dominic Somerville-Brown, Lyon & Turnbull's rare books and manuscripts specialist, said: "It's absolutely thrilling to see Roald Dahl's one-of-a-kind, hand-drawn sketches up close.

Dahl died in 1990 aged 74 and Boy is the only book which he produced illustrations for during his career of almost five decades. The sketches will be sold in Edinburgh as part of Lyon & Turnbull ...

Roald Dahl sketches sell for almost £24,000 at auction The drawings featured in Lyon & Turnbull’s rare books and manuscripts sale. Lucinda Cameron Wednesday 18 June 2025 15:45 BST ...

News UK News Roald Dahl sketches sell for almost £24,000 at auction The collection of sketches were produced by Dahl in black ball point pen for his memoir, Boy (1984), in which he describes his ...

From cruel teachers to kindly giants, the British author knew how to create characters that readers love – and love to hate. In honour of what would have been his 103rd birthday, here are the YP ...

Roald Dahl had a writing career spanning almost five decades but only created sketches for his memoir, Boy© Getty Images The sketches are expected to sell for between £20,000 and £30,000© Lyon ...

Teacher reunited with Roald Dahl's opal gift The stone sits on the author's writing desk, having been given as a present in thanks for a school talk.