Thomas the Tank Engine is merciless and bigoted — that’s why kids love it

Children love writers like the Revd W.V. Awdry and Enid Blyton not in spite of their narrow-minded conservatism, but because of it, says Rod Liddle. The young are natural fascists

From magazine issue: 02 January 2010

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