I nfidelity, betrayals and a riot of love affairs are a far cry from the wholesome image of much-loved children’s author Enid Blyton.. Her familiar stories famously told of midnight feasts, nail ...

Blyton was the author of book series including the Famous Five and Noddy; She had daughters Imogen and Gillian with first husband Hugh Pollock; By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY CORRESPONDENT.

Although her books evoke a particular time in Britain, Enid Blyton has found an unexpected following in India. On the 125th anniversary of the author's birth, Kamala Thiagarajan discovers what ...

Sufiya Ahmed grew up loving Enid Blyton’s stories. She spent most of her free time in the public library, “the only place that my mother allowed me to be on my own”. “It was my favourite ...

The author of a new book has claimed that his grandmother had a secret romance with Famous Five author Enid Blyton.. The grandson of Lola Oslow, who was an illustrator for Blyton and worked with ...

A full-time writer from 1924, Blyton was "extraordinarily prolific", EH adds. In 2008 news agency Reuters wrote that Blyton was voted top of a poll to find Britain’s best-loved author.

The English children's author has enchanted millions of young readers with tales of adventure, ginger beer and buns. But Ms Blyton, whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the ...

Enid Blyton, the children's author who gave the world the Famous Five and Malory Towers, has just been voted Britain's best-loved writer in a survey for the Costa Book Awards.

Blyton has sold more than 500 million books worldwide. "We are delighted that the British public has voted Enid Blyton its best-loved author," said Jeff Norton, director of Chorion, owners of the ...

Nadia Cohen, author of The Real Enid Blyton, says: “By today’s definition she was both racist and sexist and she was a complete snob who looked down on working-class people.

Blyton's fans in India aren't blind to her faults. The author "colonised young Indian minds far more easily than the British East India company," says novelist and radio commentator Sandip Roy ...