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Quentin Blake – doyen of children’s book illustrators
(L to R) Mr Magnolia by Quentin Blake and The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
ALAN MORRISON introduces a UK poet whose despised daytime occupation provides the subject for his writing
MARK TURNER wallows in the virtuosity of Swansea Jazz Festival openers, Simon Spillett and Pete Long
PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature
Doomed adolescents, when the missing person is you, classic whodunnit, and an anti-capitalist eco-thriller
WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
Quentin Blake: Illustrating Verse
Kirkby Gallery / House of Illustration
QUENTIN BLAKE is one of Britain’s best-loved illustrators of children’s books. His whimsical style, anarchist characters and their crazy antics have enraptured generations of children.
That said, my own daughter told me that as a child she found his illustrations “too messy, slapdash, the scribbly-looseness of it all turned me off, and all his characters seemed to have big noses, which I didn’t like.”
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