Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters, but who was the infamous Mrs Pratchett?

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 ...

The fabled Mrs Pratchett was immortalised by Roald Dahl as "a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip, little piggy eyes and a mouth as sour as green gooseberry".

In his memoir Dahl recalled various childhood exploits, including playing a prank with his friends on the local sweetshop owner Mrs Pratchett by putting a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar.

The book is the only which Dahl produced illustrations for during his long career. The sketches, which are expected to be sold on Wednesday, are part of a collection estimated to sell for between ...

Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters, but who was the infamous Mrs Pratchett?

The sketches are part of a collection estimated to sell for between £20,000 and £30,000. In his memoir Dahl recalled various childhood exploits, including playing a prank with his friends on the local ...

The book is the only which Dahl produced illustrations for during his long career. The sketches, which are expected to be sold on Wednesday, are part of a collection estimated to sell for between ...

The fabled Mrs Pratchett was immortalised by Roald Dahl as "a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip, little piggy eyes and a mouth as sour as green gooseberry".

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 ...

Roald Dahl's original sketches to be auctioned Image source, Lyon & Turnbull Image caption, Boy is the only book for which Roald Dahl attempted his own illustrations during his career Article ...

Roald Dahl's run-in with her and a dead mouse as a boy inspired some of his most horrible characters, but who was the infamous Mrs Pratchett?