There has been a considerable fuss in the US recently about a celebrity caterer, Paula Deene, who has been accused of using the 'n' word. She's a 66 year old Southerner and has admitted she did use the word in the past but says she wouldn't use it now. I came across the word recently in a novel written in the 1950s and it gave me a shock. Enid Blyton is being rewritten to get rid of examples of language and attitudes but lots of copies of original editions are still around. I think this is a very tricky question. Do you explain to your DGCs what they will find in the book, wait till they comment or not let them have the book? And should we be censoring books in this way?
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?
Shall we reboot our cartoons thread again? 😁