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Quentin Blake biography by Ghislaine Kenyon
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Opening of the new maternity ward in Angers, France
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Quentin Blake mural at Addenbrooke's Hospital
See Quentin Blake in conversation with Shaun Tan - 27 August 2012
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Sign up now for 'Quentin Blake Virtually Live' 24 September 2012
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Book now to hear Quentin talk at the V&A on 30 September
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Quentin on air - in French and English
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Jenny Uglow on 'The Illustrator's Magical Art' in The Guardian
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Quentin Blake now on Twitter!
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Quentin Blake talk, 'The Prospect of Print' at the London Original Print Fair 2013
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Quentin Blake at the Hay Festival 2013
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'Matilda' sells for £30,000 at auction for charity English PEN
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Quentin receives the Lifetime Inspiration Award at Literally... Coventry
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Quentin Blake talk at Sidcup Library, 25 June
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Crack Magazine interviews Sir Quentin Blake
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Listen again to Quentin giving a tour of his studio to the BBC World Service
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'Fantastic Mr Quentin Blake' interviewed in 'Charlie Hebdo'
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Gizmo under the hammer at the Gromit Unleashed Auction
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Hastings storytelling festival: 11 - 17 November 2013
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Hastings storytelling festival: 11 - 17 November 2013
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Quentin at the Soho Literary Festival, 29 September 2013
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The Book Bus Roadshow is coming! October 2013 to March 2014
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'Open Doors' auction for the House of Illustration
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'20 odd questions' answered by Quentin Blake
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Quentin at the 'Imagine' Festival, 23 February
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Listen to Quentin's podcast from the 'Slightly Foxed' Readers' Day 2013
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Interview in 'Liberation' Weekend, May 2014
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Quentin Blake in Aytre
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Quentin Blake talks to Simon Schama
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Quentin Blake in the 'Spectator', 5 July 2014
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Listen to 'Daumier and Blake: Artists of Modern Life' podcast
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Roald Dahl Day 2014: Puffin Virtually Live event
#AskQuentinBlake with the House of Illustration
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Quentin Blake & Oliver Jeffers at the Southbank Centre
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Charity auction of first edition books at Sotheby's
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Hastings Illustrators' Festival, 6 December 2014
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Quentin Blake interviewed in 'Varsity'
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'The World at One' visits Quentin Blake
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Comic Relief Art Auction goes live online
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Art to be auctioned in aid of Hay Castle
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Quentin Blake interviewed in the Observer
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'Sidcup Words and Music' Festival, June 2015
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Quentin at Downing College 'May Ball' 2015
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Q&A interview with The Arts Desk, July 2015
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Quentin attends the opening of the 'Bibliothèque Quentin Blake
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Quentin supports The Prince's Trust 'Evening of Art'
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'Beyond the Page' at the V&A
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Quentin at Hastings Storytelling Festival 2015
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Quentin Blake & Bruno Heitz: the 'Big Duo', 19 November 2015
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Interview - 'From La Fontaine to Charlie Hebdo'
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New 'Quentin Blake Gallery' opening in 2016 at the House of Illustration
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Quentin reveals unpublished drawings from 'The BFG'
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Tatton Park celebrates Roald Dahl's centenary
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'Quentin Blake and France' at Kings Place
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'Roald Dahl, the BFG and me' interview by Nicolette Jones
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Art in Hospitals, Creativity and Well-being Week 2016
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'Life under the Atlantic' launches in J Sheekey restaurant
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'Life under the Atlantic' launches in J Sheekey restaurant
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Giant 'BFG' banners and drawing stations welcome visitors at St Pancras International
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'The Big Friendly Read' now on!
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Quentin interviewed in new Roald Dahl documentary
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Quentin Blake prints brighten up children's Ophthalmology Department
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Special 'Roald Dahl Day' draw-along with Quentin
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Special 'Roald Dahl Day' draw-along with Quentin
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'Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave' stage tour in London
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10th anniversary celebrations for The Book Bus
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Collaborators Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark interviewed in iNewspaper
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Quentin Blake artworks in fundraising auction to support House of Illustration
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'The Five of Us' comes to London Underground
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Quentin Blake & Emma Chichester Clark talk to Graham Norton
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Quentin interviewed about his latest work - BBC Radio London
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Quentin Blake auctions announced at Christie's, London
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Jerwood Gallery relaunches as 'Hastings Contemporary'
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Quentin creates 'portable rainbows' as free e-cards
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Behind-the-scenes 'Making of' Clown feature on All4
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Quentin Blake & John Yeoman: Fifty Years of Children's Books
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'The Roald Dahl Centenary Portraits' now at Hull Central Library
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'The Best of All Possible Worlds' now at the Heong Gallery
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'The Only Way to Travel' exhibition at Jerwood Gallery
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'The Life of Birds' exhibition opens at House of Illustration
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'The Bulging Portfolio of Quentin Blake' at The Artworks, Halifax
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Exhibition 'Linda Kitson: Drawings and Projects' at House of Illustration until 30 April
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'The Roald Dahl Centenary Portraits' on show at The British Library
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'Illustrators 2016' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery
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'The BFG in Pictures' at Tullie House, Carlisle: 5 November 2016 - 5 February 2017
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'Pictures from Punch' at the Cartoon Museum
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'The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots' artworks on show at House of Illustration
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'Inside Stories' at National Museum Cardiff
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'Michael Morpurgo: A Lifetime in Stories' at Seven Stories (until July 2017)
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'The BFG in Pictures' at House of Illustration: 24 June - 2 October 2016
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'What are you Like?' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery: until 22 May
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'Seven Kinds of Magic' at the House of Illustration's Quentin Blake Gallery
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Griffin tapestries come to Downing College, Cambridge
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Quentin Blake: The Hospital Drawings - extended until 31 May 2016
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'Freedom from Torture' art exhibition and auction 2015
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'Inside Stories' opens at The Lightbox, Woking
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'A Quentin Blake Summer' exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery, July 2015
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'Life under Water: A Hastings Celebration' exhibition 2 July - 6 September 2015
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'Draw me a Story' exhibition at The Story Museum
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Authors' letters found at Reading University
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Quentin Blake artworks at Montreuil
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'Quentin Blake and Friends' appear at Mottisfont and Nunnington Hall
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'Artists on the Beach' at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
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'Quentin Blake: Inside Stories' at the House of Illustration
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'Nos Compagnons' at Galerie Martine Gossieaux
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'Moving Stories' at Seven Stories
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'As Large as Life' comes to Hall Place, Bexley, Kent
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Chris Beetles Gallery presents 'Quentin Blake: Fireworks, Fanfares & Fancies!'
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Quentin's hospital exhibition 'As Large as Life' at the Harley Gallery
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Chris Beetles Gallery presents 'The Illustrators' 2013
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'Picture This: Children's Illustrated Classics' at the British Library, Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
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'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' comes to The Herbert, Coventry, July-November 2013
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Quentin Blake exhibition at Cross Street Gallery, Islington until 1 August
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013
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'The Art of Storytelling' at Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: June & July 2013
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'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' opens in North Wales
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House of Illustration 'What are They Like?' at Swiss Cottage Gallery
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'Quentin Blake: Drawn by Hand' at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
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'Quentin Blake: As Large as Life' at Bankfield Museum, Halifax
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Exhibition of new Quentin Blake drawings in London and Norfolk
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Octoquentinicious at Chris Beetles Gallery
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Last chance to see the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012
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Quentin Blake's 'Green Ship' at RHS Garden Rosemoor
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'Swimmers' exhibition opens at Clare Hall, Cambridge
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'The Illustrators 1837-2015' at Chris Beetles Gallery 21 Nov - 9 January
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Rare Quentin Blake drawing comes to BBC 'Antiques Roadshow'
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New BBC documentary: 'Quentin Blake - The Drawing of my Life'
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'90 Candles' project celebrates Quentin's 90th birthday
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Quentin's art draws visitors to UK wetlands
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Drawn to Water: Autumn wetland adventures await!
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Celebrating the first ever National day of Illustration!