Roald Dahl's The Twits was first published in 1980.

Why was the twits written?

The idea of The Twits was triggered by Dahl's desire to 'do something against beards', because he had an acute hatred of them. The first sentence of the story is, 'What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays. '

Where is the twits story set?

The Twit house is where the Twits live. It is a solid-brick house with no windows and resembles a prison. Little is said about the inside of the house apart from the living room.