Mum’s one-woman mission to rid shelves of David Walliams’ books

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13 Nov 2026 • 12:04 AM MYT
The Independent
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Mum’s one-woman mission to rid shelves of David Walliams’ books

  • Jane Morton Driscoll from Oxfordshire has bought 11 David Walliams books from charity shops to have them pulped following sexual misconduct allegations against the author.
  • A joint investigation by The Guardian and ITV accused Walliams of grooming girls as young as 15, which he denies while expressing regret for behaving thoughtlessly in past relationships.
  • Book retailer Waterstones is returning remaining stock to publisher HarperCollins, which is phasing out Walliams' titles following previous complaints about his conduct.
  • Ms Morton Driscoll had already barred her son from reading Walliams' work due to concerns over offensive stereotypes, fat-shaming and classism.
  • She described her campaign to remove the titles as a healing process following her own past experiences of mistreatment by men in the workplace.

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