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On good writers and bad people

Afternoon television is a rare indulgence for me. I only watch it when I really have an awful lot of work to do and many pressing deadlines. On one such recent occasion, I found myself idly flicking through the options until I came across a channel showing Tales of the Unexpected, the adaptations of Roald Dahl’s brilliantly evil short stories.

I’d watch…